Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 1901,
reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical Society.

THE WEBB FAMILY.  There is not an older or better known family in Grant
County than the Webb family.  In the early days of the history of this
part of Kentucky, William Webb, Sr., with his wife and family, migrated
to Kentucky from Stokes county, N. C., and was a typical "tar heel."
William was born in North Carolina in 1792, and his wife was born in
Virginia in 1800.  They were married and spent their early life in the
"Tar heel" state, where several of their children were born.  They were
farmers, frugal, industrious and honest.  In those days the spirit of
migration was abroad everywhere in the country, and Mr. Webb and his
wife, with their numerous sons and daughters, packed their goods, sold
out their effects that were not movable and turned their steps toward
the West, seeking a home on this side of the Blue Mountain.
     This was in 1845.  William Webb came immediately to Grant county
and in 1846 settled on what is now the site of village of Cordova.
Here the family of children grew to manhood and womanhood.  A home was
built in the clearing, and in honest industry and frugality the boys and
girls of the Webb family grew up, married and settled down in life.
There were eight children in the family.  All of them are yet living,
except one boy, who died young.  The five boys, in order of their age
are: J. H. Webb, 74; William Webb, 72; George N. Webb, 70; Joe Webb,
68, and James P. Webb, the youngest, 66.  The two living girls are Mrs.
Bryan P. Clark, and Mrs. J. W. Johnson, of Winchester, Ky.  William
Webb, the senior, was a Democrat in politics, and brought all his boys
up in the party faith.  He and his wife were both members of the Baptist
Church.  William Webb, after having passed a quiet and easy life, died
in 1864, and his good wife followed him to the grave the next year.

Webb Clark Johnson
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Winchester-Clark-KY Stokes-NC VA

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