| | Covington History Generations Report |
| | GENERATION | One |
| WILLIAM COVINGTON. Ref: 10775. Born: during 1725 at Georgia GA. Father: not known, Parent Ref: 0. Mother: not known. |
| Died: during 1817 at Franklin Co GA aged 92. Mar: around 1753 at North Carolina NC to Morgan . It is reported by some that his |
| wife's name was Mary, and part of the confusion comes from the fact his son, Josiah, was also married to a Mary Morgan |
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| According to the DePriest Family Journal there is said to be in existence a book in the reserved section of the Shelby NC public library, |
| Barar's or Beard's Revolutionary War, which contained information on William and his activities in the Revolution. |
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| There is a least one researcher who feels his name is Thomas. The name of William as the father of Thomas, Josiah, and William has |
| come down through both Thomas' and William's descendants. Some researchers say his wife was a Morgan. |
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| William's family lived along the Dan River in Virginia near Danville. This on the NC-VA border with present day Rockingham County |
| on the NC side. A number of Covington families lived in this region on both sides of the border. Some were descendants of Nehemiah |
| Covington of MD while others appear to descend from William Covington of Essex Co., VA. As the given names were similar in both |
| families, at this time there is no evidence to suggest from which line William is descended. Just before or after the Revolution many of |
| William's children, and possibly William himself, moved to Rutherford Co., NC where his daughter Ursula already lived with her |
| husband John Walker. William himself moved on to GA where he died in 1817. |
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| Indeed there is some confusion as to who William's sons were. At least five sons have been attributed to him: Thomas, John, Josiah, |
| William and Richard. According to A. B. C. DePriest "William. Covington and three brothers came to North Carolina prior to the |
| Revolutionary War from near Danville, VA. One brother settled near Rockingham, NC, one came to Cleveland County, and the other |
| went on to TN or KY. William Covington had several sisters. One, named Urusula married John Walker; another sister married a |
| Moore in Rutherford County in 1800 and they went to Georgia (actually western NC on the GA border, LW). There were several other |
| sisters." [As told by A. B. C. DePriest to Virginia DePriest in December 1964.] |
| | JOHN. Ref: 10776. Born during 1755 at U.S.A. Mother: Morgan |
| | URSULA. Ref: 10777. Born during 1756 at U.S.A. Mother: Morgan |
| | JOSIAH WALKER JOHN. Ref: 10779. Born around 1760 at Danville VA. Mother: Morgan |
| | WILLIAM HORACE. Ref: 10780. Born 16 Aug 1775 at Danville VA. Mother: Morgan |
| | RICHARD. Ref: 10781. Born around 1777 at Rutherford NC. Mother: Morgan |
| | MARTHA. Ref: 10782. Born around 1778 at Rutherford NC. Mother: Morgan |
| | GENERATION | Two |
| JOHN COVINGTON. Ref: 10776. Born: during 1755 at U.S.A. Father: William, Parent Ref: 10775. Mother: Morgan. Died: 9 May |
| 1802 at South Carolina SC aged 47. Mar: during 1779 at South Carolina SC to Susannah 10818. May have settled in Rockingham Co |
| NC |
| URSULA COVINGTON. Ref: 10777. Born: during 1756 at U.S.A. Father: Wiilliam, Parent Ref: 10775. Mother: Morgan. Died: 28 |
| Mar 1848 at Rutherford NC aged 91. Mar: 3 Feb 1773 at Guilford Co NC to Walker, John . Various spellings of her name have been |
| recorded including Ursley, Urcilla, Urcella and Urusula. Husband born 1748 Danville VA, Dan River section of Virginia. He died 13 |
| Jan 1820 at Rutherford Co NC aged 71. They had 12 children, Thaddeus Dudley Walker b.1774, William Walker b.1776, Ursula |
| Walker b.1778, James "Jimmy" Walker b.1780, Mary Polly Walker b.1783, John Walker Jr b. 1788, Thoma Walker b. 1790, Elijah |
| Walker b.10 Jan 1793, Jesse Walker b.19 Sep 1797, Susannah Walker b.22 Mar 1798 and Joel Walker b.18 Oct 1801 all at Rutherford |
| Co NC |
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