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Note: possibly born in Bladen/Lincoln Co., NC as opposed to Rowan Co., NC
possibly died in Macedonia, Hancock Co., IL
burial Webster Cemetery, Webster, Hancock Co., IL
Ancestral File #: 1C4L-P9 ALIA: Utey / Uta MILF: private in Capt. John McDowell's Co. & later in Capt. David McFall's Co., R.War DAR
1. He had a residence in Fountain Green, Hancock, Illinois. just a litt over a mile NE of Macedonia 2. Tax: 1842, Ramus, Hancock, Illinois. cattle 10; horses 10; wagons 20; clocks 5; prop. not enum. 50; amt. of P. Prop. 95; residence 6N 5W catt 10; horses 10; wagons 20; clocks 5; prop. not enum. 50; amt. of P. Prop. 95; residence 6N 5W
Will: In the Name of God Amen. I, Ute Perkins, of the County of Hancock and State of Illinois, being in feeble health, but of sound mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament. First, I wish all my just debts to be speedily settled. Secondly, I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Sarah Perkins, during her lifetime all my property of whatsoever name or nature or wherever found. Thirdly, after the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that my son, William G. Perkins shall have and retain to himself and heirs and asignees forever all the following described land, To wit, the west half of Lot No. Second and all of Lot No. Third in block No. 8 in the town of Macedonia in the County of Hancock and State of Illinois. Fourthly, all the remainder of my property of whatever kind it is my will and desire shall be divided equally between all my children William G. Perkins not excepted. Fifthly, it is my will that my son William G. Pekrins should be and I hereby appoint him Executor of this my last will and testament. Done at Macedonia this tenth day of November in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-three in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day above written. Ute Perkins (his mark) witnessed by Abm. Lincoln and William J. Perkins. (this Abraham Lincoln was first cousin to Pres. Abraham Lincoln)
http://uteperkinsposte rity.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/uteandsarahgantperkinshistory.pdf UTE AND SARAH GANT PERKINS
Ute Perkins was born on 16 July 1761 to Robert Biggan and Elizabeth Lollar Perkins in Rowan County, North Carolina. In 1778, Rowan County would become Lincoln County. Here the family lived on Mountain Creek. Ute was the oldest of the twelve children and as such, in his younger years, was a great help to his mother. As a 17-year-old in 1778, Ute twice served in the Lincoln County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was first drafted in May and served in Captain Joseph McDowell´s company for two months, was released, returned home for a month and then enlisted in Captain David McFall´s company where he served three more months. Fortunately Ute was not engaged in any battles. Sarah (Sally Gant was born on 22 April 1760 in Granville, County, North Carolina, to William and Anna Wood Gant before her family moved to Lincoln County. Here she met Ute Perkins and they were married in 1782. They lived in Lincoln County until 1789 when with their three children they migrated with a number of Perkins, Gant and Lollar families to South Carolina. They lived in Pendleton County for five years and in Abbeville County for 12 years before moving to White County, Tennessee, in 1805. While in South Carolina death took a daughter, but eight more children were born to them here and only their twelfth and last child was born to them in Tennessee. There is no record that Ute owned land in South Carolina but when they moved to White County more than half of the land available was ``entry land.´´ Ute acquired two adjoining pieces of property under grant #´s 13,300 (20 acres on Falling Water Creek), and 13,301 (100 acres on the waters of Town Creek). Ute and Sarah´s sons and daughters married and acquired land around them in White and Jackson Counties. During the War of 1812, two sons, Levi and Ephraim and a future son-in-law, Tidence Shipley, all served. According to the 1820 census all their children are now married except their two youngest daughters Anna and Hannah. At this time a son, Ephraim, and his family are looking at land in Missouri but will return to Tennessee, while another son, Robert Biggan, will soon settle in Missouri. In July of 1824, Ute sold his property to his son, William G. Perkins. Ute and Sarah moved with some of their children, their children´s in-laws, and many others of that area, to Illinois. Ute first settled in Morgan County, Illinois, but remained there only two years. In the early part of the winter of 1826, he joined his son Ephraim and his family on Crooked Creek, in what would become Fountain Green Township, in Hancock County, Illinois where Webster now stands. In the fall of 1828, Ephraim and his family moved to adjacent McDonough County, leaving Ute and Sarah as the first permanent residents of Fountain Green Township. In 1829, two of Ute´s sons, Absalom and William Gant and their families joined Ute and Sarah and Perkins Settlement was founded. In 1830-31, as daughters Elizabeth (Welch), Anna (Prior), and Hannah (Shipley), and four grandsons, Ephraim Patillo, Wilson Gardner, and Andrew Huston Perkins, all sons of Ute´s oldest son Reuben, and Wesley son of his brother Levi, and Sarah´s nephew, William Saylor settled nearby, a flourishing settlement ensued. Incredibly in the summer of 1831, sixteen months after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, many of these families first heard the gospel when two missionaries, Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter, on their way to Missouri (see Doctrine and Covenants Section 52:27), ``missed their way´´ and held a meeting at Perkins Settlement. Although feeling the Spirit, none of the families joined the Church at this time. It was not until 1839, when Joel Hills Johnson began proselytizing north of Carthage at Crooked Creek that Ute and Sarah again heard the ``good news´´ and with others of their family joined the Church. They were members of the Crooked Creek Branch, and then of the Ramus Stake when it was organized on 9 July, 1840. Their son, Absalom, was sustained as a member of the high council, third in seniority, and another son, William G. was sustained as a counselor in the bishopric. In August of 1840, Ute and Sarah, with their sons Absalom and William G. sold four parcels of land to the Church in order that the town of Ramus could be laid out. Then in January of 1841, Ute and Sarah sold another parcel so that the first addition to Ramus could be added. Father Isaac Morley visited Ramus on 29 September 1840 and Ute, 79, and Sarah, 80, were the first of the Perkins´ to receive their patriarchal blessings. The following January they were thrilled to hear that a temple would be built in Nauvoo. They also had the opportunity to hear the prophet Joseph Smith speak at Ramus when he received Sections 130 and 131 of the Doctrine and Covenants in April and May of 1843. That August, their grandson, Andrew H. Perkins, was elected as the first Mormon County Commissioner of Hancock, County. The following year he was joined by another Mormon, George Coulson. Their election was the beginning of political dominance by the Mormons. Old time residents became increasingly alarmed over their lack of an effective voice in the political process. Out-numbered by Mormons at the polls, it was impossible to elect one of their own. Desperate measures would soon follow. Ute and Sarah had enjoyed these sundown years of their lives but their health was failing. Ute died on 11 March 1844 and was buried in the Wildwood (now Webster) cemetery. Sarah, a little more than a year later, joined her husband in death and was buried beside him. Fortunately death proved to be a blessing as they were both spared from mob violence which would follow when old friends and neighbors would turn against the Saints and many of their family would be forced to leave Hancock County. They had led the way and were now at peace but it would be several years before many members of their family would find, in mortality, a similar peace in the Great Salt Lake Basin.
Eugene H. Perkins 2351 North 850 East, Provo, Utah 84604 (801) 377-8809 ehp530aol.com Waldo C. Perkins 2556 Sherwood Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 (801) 582-2383 wcpmd@@hotmail.com
Associated Applications and Supplementals Nat´l Num Add Vol. Docs Child/Spouse Number/Spouse 626512 698 MARTHA / [1] MICAJAH SOUTHARD Purchase 773003 978 UTE / [1] SALLY GANT
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