Michael Bacon-xx

1757 - 1804  (47 years)

• Name	Michael Bacon-xx
  Birth	1757	TN   [1]
  Gender	Male
  DAR.org	See Notes -- #A004425 -- BACON, MICHAEL
  Will	06 Aug 1804	Hawkins Co, TN   [2]
  Death	23 Aug 1804	Hawkins Co, TN   [1]
  Findagrave.com	30 Jun 2025
  	See Notes
  Burial	Farmington, St Francois Co, MO   [1]
  	Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South
  Person ID	I3548	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Isabella Bourland,   b. 17 Mar 1761, Augusta Co, PA d. 04 Sep 1824, Farmington, St Francois Co, MO (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1782	Hawkins Co, TN
  Notes	Children: dau Sarah Bacon 1785 TN - 10/1843 Farmington, St Francois Co, MO - ** See findagrave.com page later ** - buried - Odd Fellows Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois Co, MO - abt 1803 married Dubart Murphy 1773 - 1836 dau Rachel Bacon 1788 - 3/10/1853 Farmington, St Francois Co, MO - ** not mentioned in Michael Bacon's will ** - ** See findagrave.com page later ** - married David Murphy 1770 - 1843 - buried - Masonic Cemetery of Farmington (South), Farmington, St. Francois Co, MO dau Catherine Bacon 1788 - 1852 - married George Taylor dau Mary 'Polly' Bacon - married Thomas Lee Jr - ** Will of Michael Bacon does not mention a daughter Rachel - only Catherine, Sarah and Mary ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at findagrave.com Sarah Bacon Murphy Birth: 1785 Tennessee, USA Death: Oct., 1843 Farmington St. Francois County Missouri, USA Sarah was the daughter of Michael Bacon & Isabella (nee Bourland) Bacon {mother buried at the Masonic Cemetery on South Henry & Carter Street}. Sarah married Dubart Murphy around 1803 and had 9 children with him. Sarah Bacon Murphy was most likely the sister of Rachel Bacon Murphy, who married Dubart Murphy's brother, David Murphy Sr. Click on pictures of her probate records for a close up view. Dubart & Sarah (nee Bacon) Murphy's seven known named children were: Katherine {md. David Evans}, Mary, {md. a Mr. Edgar}, Jesse, Isabella {md. Philip Long}, George B., Jane {md. George Walker}, and Sarah {md. a Mr. Brinker}. Family links: Parents: Isabella Bourland Bacon (1761 - 1824) Spouse: Dubart Murphy (1773 - 1836) Children: Isabella Murphy Long (1811 - 1901)* George Barton Murphy (1812 - 1883)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery Farmington St. Francois County Missouri, USA Created by: Marc Geissler Record added: Oct 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 42697730 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com Rachel Bacon Murphy Birth: 1788 Death: Mar. 10, 1853 Farmington St. Francois County Missouri, USA Rachel was the wife of David Murphy, Sr. and is buried at the Masonic Cemetery on Carter & South Henry Streets. There is debate over whether Rachel's maiden name was Bacon or Jones. One possibility Rachel was the daughter of Michael & Isabella (nee Bourland) Bacon. Isabella Bourland Bacon herself is buried in this cemetery which can support there being a relation between Isabella Bacon and Rachel. Rachel Bacon Murphy was supposedly born in Eastern Tennessee, which coordinates with Isabella Bourland Bacon having with another daughter, Sarah, having been born in Hawkins, in Eastern Tennessee. Michael & Isabella Bacon's daughter, Sarah, married David Murphy, Sr.'s brother, Dubart. Dubart & Sarah (nee Bacon) Murphy are buried at the IOOF Cemetery on Ste. Genevieve Avenue in Farmington. If Rachel proves to be a daughter of Michael & Isabella Bacon, then Rachel who married David Murphy, Sr., would have been one of two Bacon sisters (Rachel & Sarah) who had married two Murphy brothers (David, Sr. & Dubart). There is a problem with the documentation of Rachel's children and the birth/death years (1773/1827) for Rachel as documented in the book "Cooks, Murphy & Hodges of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth Nichols. Rachel's actual headstone is engraved with her having died on March 10, 1853, aged 64 years, which would have meant she was born in 1788 or 89. This makes it impossible to have then born her first child in 1792. Stating this though, the generally accepted list of children of David Sr. & Rachel Murphy, beginning in the early 1790's, are as follows: 1) Isaac Murphy possibly born 1792 2) William Murphy born circa 1794 {who married Rhoda George in 1818} 3) Richard Murphy born circa 1796 {who married 1/2 cousin Sarah Barton "Sallie" Murphy} 4) Tobitha [Tabitha] Murphy born in 1799 {who married 1/2 cousin Rev. John C. Murphy in 1815} 5) Lucy Ann Murphy born circa 1800 {who married John Campbell} 6) Rachel Murphy born 1805 {who married James N. Younger} 7) Louisiana Murphy born between 1806 & 1808 {who married Watson Cole} 8) Sally Murphy born circa 1810 9) David Murphy Jr. supposedly born in 1820 {who, according to "Cooks, Murphys and Hodges of Early Virginia" by Elizabeth Nichols, married Sarah Ann Alexander, but according to Masonic Cemetery Records at the county library in Farmington married Elviny Whitenburg.} 10) Andrew Jackson Murphy born in 1828: Again according to the book "Cooks, Murphy & Hodges of Early Virginia", there is an assumption Rachel died by 1827 and David Sr. had remarried to a Miss Whitenburg in 1827 and then had child Andrew Jackson Murphy in 1828. Since Rachel's headstone clearly shows she did not die until 1853, then the more plausable assumption is Andrew Jackson Murphy was actually the child of Rachel Murphy and the "Miss Whitenburg" referred to in the "Cooks, Murphys and Hodges of Early Virginia" book was the Elviny Whitenburg who married David Sr.'s son, David Murphy, Jr. But one needs to look at the birth years of these children, there is too big of an age gap between first born (1792) and last two born (1820 and 1828 respectively). Were children #9 & #10 full siblings to their eight older brothers and sisters? The first eight children were born roughly every two years, as is an expected birth pattern for a healthy woman of that day, between 1792 and 1810, but then 10 years later, in 1820, David Murphy, Jr. is born and 8 years after him, another brother, Andrew Jackson Murphy in 1828. It appears to be too large of an age gap from first born Isaac in 1792 to Andrew in 1828, 36 years, to have all come from one mother, Rachel Bacon Murphy. Plausible assumption: With conflicting documents that stated David Murphy Sr. married either a Rachel Jones or Rachel Bacon, one research suggested Rachel might have been a widow, marrying a Mr. Jones first, then David Murphy, hence the name Rachel Bacon Jones Murphy. But that would not explain the birth years of Rachel compared to her supposed children. Possibly there really were two different Rachels. The first wife might have been Rachel Jones, having the early year children, and with one researcher stating David Sr. married twice, he could have then married Rachel Bacon which would explain the younger children birth years. All the children would have been documented as children to David Sr. & Rachel Murphy. Just speculation but there has to be an explanation with the 36 year spread of children. Side Note: One web-site by "Wendy Harrison's Family Page" states the daughters of Isabella Bourland Bacon were Sarah (b.1785 & married David Murphy, Sr.'s brother, Dubart Murphy), Mary (b. 1783 & no family listed) and Catherine (b. June 6, 1788 & married George Talyor, April of 1805). No daughter Rachel is listed, but this could/would be inconclusive evidence. Rachel's birth year is most likely 1788 as she was 64 years of age ten weeks into 1853 when she passed away and her birthday probably had not yet arrived in 1853. With the assumption Rachel most likely born in 1788, could she have been a twin to Catherine Bacon Taylor born on June 6, 1788? One last twist: Catherine Bacon Taylor herself was not a blood relative to the Murphy Family, yet two of her children carried the middle name "Murphy" according to "Wendy Harrison's Family Page." Was George Taylor a Murphy descendant himself? Family links: Parents: Isabella Bourland Bacon (1761 - 1824) Spouse: David Murphy (1770 - 1843) Children: Tabitha Murphy Murphy (1799 - 1877)* Andrew Jackson Murphy (1828 - 1857)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Masonic Cemetery of Farmington (South) Farmington St. Francois County Missouri, USA Created by: Marc Geissler Record added: Oct 02, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 42626697 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1782 - Hawkins Co, TN Will - 06 Aug 1804 - Hawkins Co, TN Death - 23 Aug 1804 - Hawkins Co, TN Burial - - Farmington, St Francois Co, MO  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** - ** See Isabella Bourland's notes ** - ** See his/her DAR lineage in Misc-Docs-Pics/Bourland ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 6/30/2025 Michael Bacon VVeteran Birth: 1757 Tennessee, USA Death: 23 Aug 1804 (aged 46-47) Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Burial: Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, USA Memorial #: 76937155 Bio: Served in the Revolutionary War. Michael is recognized as a patriot in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Submitted by user Sis (47272811), with gratitude to user Scott Yates (47412622) for his 16-Nov-2012 old headstone & 17-July-2023 new headstone photographs: A veterans group (unsure which) placed a new headstone as recently as around the 4th of July 2023 to stand in front of the old one that has been completely worn blank by time. Thank you, community of volunteers on behalf of our veterans! For some reason, their records contain errors that were carved in the stone, though: (1) Birthyear 1765 (2) Spelling of Hawkens, TN According to other family records of a man 4yrs *older* than his wife Isabella (Bourland) Bacon who was b.1761, versus that he was 4yrs *younger*, Michael Bacon's correct date of birth & place of death were: (1) Birthyear 1757 (2) Hawkins Co, TN (an "i") This identifying information is supported by the DAR's own "LINEAGE BOOK National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, VOLUME LXXXIV, The 1910 Meeting in Washington, D.C." Published in 1926 by JUDD & DETWEILER, WASHINGTON, D.C., pg.147, Catherine (Bacon) Taylor (and applies to sisters Mary & Sarah, as well) & her descendants' claims to DAR status thru her father Michael Bacon: "Michael Bacon served, 1778, as juror at Jonesboro, Tenn. He was born, 1757; died in Hawkins County, Tenn." Michael Bacon sat on that 1787 jury as his patriotic service to the American Revolutionary War at age 20 or 21 (b.1757), not at age 12 or 13 (b.1765). And when he wed Isabella Bourland m.1782 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, the marriage record there states he was born in TN, she in PA. He was 24/25, Michael Bacon (1757-1804) & she was 20/21, Isabella Bourland (1761-1824), d/o John Bourland & Catherine (Randolph) Bourland, who had come from Ireland the year eldest of nine Isabella was born in PA en route to VA then NC (see her page for the story). {Part of the modern accidental error of Michael Bacon's birth year lies in Ancestry files online have *two separate* men named "Michael Bacon" woven wrongly in to *one* who served in the American Revolution. "Our" Michael here is *not* the 11yo Revolutionary War drummer boy who served in the Massachusetts militia in 1776, having been b. 14-May-1765 in Needham, Massachusetts (that full birthdate was wrongly attributed to "our" Michael by accident in the past). Needham, MA is almost 900 miles as the crow flies directly northeast of Hawkins County, Tennessee, the southern/mid-Atlantic haunt of "our" Michael Bacon here.} According to Michael Bacon's Last Will & Testament (original handwritten document image & typed original transcript image attached) he & wife Isabella had three daughters beginning the year after they wed, all while in Hawkins Co, TN. He died just as he & his wife, together with two of three newly wedded daughters and sons-in-law, were setting out to St Francois County, MO. It's about 520 miles from Hawkins County, TN, where his death is documented, west across most of Tennessee and up through the corner of western Kentucky to St Francois County in Missouri, which is just south of St Louis. There's a possibility his grave in Farmington is a cenotaph rather than a true grave, but it's been called his grave nearly 220yrs, so it remains referred to officially as his grave. His widow Isabella (Bourland) Bacon died in 1824, 20yrs after him, and is also interred in the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, St Francois County, Missouri. Michael & Isabella's 3 Daughters, as confirmed in his Hawkins County 1804 will, were: (1) Mary "Polly" (Bacon) Lee b.1783 Hawkins Co, TN m. abt 1800 *Thomas J Lee He was b. & d. in Hawkins Co (Thomas Lee's will dated 13-July-1828 names his widow Polly; more identity comment below) (2) Sarah (Bacon) Murphy b.1785 Hawkins Co, TN m.1803 Dubart Murphy Together went from Hawkins Co, TN to St Francois Co, MO (MEMORIAL links attached to this page) (3) Catherine (Bacon) Taylor b.1788 Hawkins County, TN m.1805 George Taylor Together went from Hawkins Co, TN to St Francois Co, MO (MEMORIAL links attached to this page) {NO (4): A *different* young woman called Rachel (Bacon) Murphy b.1775 also b. Hawkins Co, TN & also d. Farmington, St Francois County, MO, was likely the daughter of one of Michael Bacon's *elder* brothers, and thus Rachel was likely his niece & cousin to his daughters Mary "Polly", Sarah & Catherine. Rachel was also Sarah's sister-in-LAW. She was *not* Michael's daughter as previously speculated. Michael married wife Isabella 7yrs after Rachel's birth, and had his first child Mary "Polly" the year after that in 1783. In 1775 when Rachel was born, Michael was 17/18 but Isabella was only 13/14, and again didn't rush to wed, not until 1882. -- Rachel (Bacon) Murphy was the first of two wives both named Rachel m.1791 (the second m.1827) with Rev David Murphy Sr (1770-1843). 12yrs later, her probable *cousin* (not sister), Sarah (Bacon) Murphy, happen to marry David's younger brother Dubart Murphy (1773-1836) m.1803. So there was a Rachel (Bacon) Murphy who married David in 1791 in TN then moved to MO & a Sarah (Bacon) Murphy who married Dubart in 1803 in TN then moved to MO. The women were *sisters-in-law*, but *not sisters-by-birth*.} *Another misconception corrected, Polly's husband was *not* "Thomas Greenberry Lee". This is another error of Ancestry online merging files of similarly named men by accident. TGL, sometimes called TGGriffinL, was a separate older man b.VA d.TN (1751-1828), who happen to die the same year & place as "our" Thomas J Lee. TGL was *not* Polly's man. Polly & the younger TJL graves are not yet found somewhere in Hawkins County where they were born, married, raised a family & died. In Michael's will he also makes provision for his eldest daughter Mary "Polly" (Bacon) Lee's eldest son, "Samuel Lee," and names sons-in-law (husbands of daughter's Polly & Sarah) Thomas Lee & Dubart Murphy as his Executors. {By the time Thomas Lee himself d.1828, in his will there are seven children with Polly: Samuel James Lee, "Sally" Susan (Lee) Chesnutt, Thomas Jefferson Lee, Elizabeth (Lee)Horner, Pleasant Nicholas Lee, William Deadrick Lee, & Mary "Polly" Ann (Lee) Farris. All but SJL & ELH have MEMORIAL pages. If you are looking to hook up Michael Bacon & Isabella (Bourland) Bacon with their grandchildren when there is a missing generation on this site because of their lost eldest daughter Polly & her husband TJL.} Michael Bacon made out his Last Will & Testament on the 6-August-1804 in the witness of Isaac Murphy, Michael Byrd & John Hale in his native Hawkins County, Tennessee. Isaac Murphy (1777-1821) was another of the Murphy brothers like Dubart & David. Michael Bacon died soon thereafter on 23-August-1804. Michael Bacon was 46 or 47 when he died in 1804 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Isabella was 63 when she died 20yrs later in Farmington, St Francois County, Missouri. They are buried there in Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, while middle daughter Sarah (Bacon) Murphy is in the Odd Fellows Cemetery & youngest Catherine (Bacon) Taylor is in the Taylor Family Cemetery, all in Farmington, but for eldest daughter Mary "Polly" (Bacon) Lee back in Hawkins. Family Members Spouse Isabella Bourland Bacon 1761-1824 Children Sarah Bacon Murphy 1785-1843 Catherine Bacon Taylor 1788-1852 Created by: Karen DK (47168672) Added: 2011-09-22T17:24:08.000Z URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76937155/michael-bacon Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76937155/michael-bacon: accessed June 30, 2025), memorial page for Michael Bacon (1757-23 Aug 1804), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76937155, citing Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Karen DK (contributor 47168672). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 7/6/2023 Michael Bacon Birth: 14 May 1765 Death: 1804 (aged 38-39) Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Burial: Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, USA Memorial #: 76937155 Bio: Served in the Revolutionary War. Michael is recognized as a patriot in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Family Members Spouse Isabella Bourland Bacon 1761-1824 Children Sarah Bacon Murphy 1785-1843 Catherine Bacon Taylor 1788-1852 Created by: Karen DK (47168672) Added: 22 Sep 2011 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76937155/michael-bacon Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76937155/michael-bacon: accessed 06 July 2023), memorial page for Michael Bacon (14 May 1765-1804), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76937155, citing Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Karen DK (contributor 47168672). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com bef 7/6/2023 Michael Bacon Birth: May 14, 1765 Death: 1804 Hawkins County Tennessee, USA Served in the Revolutionary War. Michael is recognized as a patriot in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Burial: Masonic Cemetery of Farmington (South) Farmington St. Francois County Missouri, USA Created by: Karen DK Record added: Sep 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 76937155 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at DAR.org on 5/25/2019 BACON, MICHAEL Ancestor #: A004425 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: ANTE 1757 Death: ANTE 8-23-1807 HAWKINS CO TENNESSEE Service Source: OLD RECORD BOOK, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, P 55, JONESBORO,TN; PRUITT,TENNESSE LAND ENTRIES: WASHINGTON CO P 172 Service Description: 1) PETIT JUROR, SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO 2) ENTER LAND GRANT, WASHINGTON CO NC 8-31-1779 Residence 1) City: JONESBORO - County: WASHINGTON - State: NORTH CAROLINA Spouse Number Name 1) ISABELLA BOURLAND Hint: Click on the member number to see more. Associated Applications and Supplementals Nat’l Num Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse Vol. 108887 75 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 83386 78 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 83387 78 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 83388 79 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 109636 84 SARAH [1] DUBART MURPHY Purchase 83401 149 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 205104 163 CATHERINE [1] GEORGE TAYLOR Purchase 628834 597 SARAH [1] DUBART MURPHY Purchase 609109 784 MARY 'POLLY' [1] THOMAS LEE JR. Purchase 603628 798 MARY 'POLLY' [1] THOMAS LEE JR. Purchase 764576 852 SARAH [1] DUBART MURPHY Purchase = Supporting documentation available = Descendants list available for this member and this ancestor = Descendants list available for this member but not this ancestor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

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  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S46] See Documents.