May be a junior
Passengers to America, Consolidation of Ship Passenger List from New England Register, but Michael Tepper lists John Sturgeon 1740. page 474 and Carl Boyer's "Third Edition of ship passenger list, National and New England", has John Sturgeon to America in 1740 page 36.
John bought land in Cumberland Co in 1767-or applied for it them and sold it in 1783 and Elenor signed the deed with him. He sold more land there in 1784 and Elenor did not sign-indicating she may have died . This is the last record found of him in Pa, and he was in KY by 1784.
Warrant Register Index, Cumberland Co PA
Warrant No 344 Warrantee- Sturgeon, John Warrant Description - Accepted Quantity - 321.51 acres Warrant Location - North side of Juniata RIver, Greenwood Tp Warrant Date-Feb 1 1775 Return Date -Feb 2 1775 Acres Returned 321.51 acres Patentee- Sturgeon, John Recorded in Vol. AA15:302 Survey Copied in Book C183:218 Application for Survey #344 1775 Feb 1- Greenwood tp, Cumberland Co- 321 acres, 51 perches- John Sturgeon-Returned 2 Feb 1775 Survey Book C-183:218 Tract of land called the Royal Fishery. Situate in Greenwood tp. in Cumberland Co. Containing 321 acres and 51 perches with the usual allowance of 6 acres p. cent for roads, etc. Surveyed April 7, 1767, in pursuance of an Order of Survey to John Sturgeon bearing date at Philadelphia Jan 16 1767 and numbered 2444 Returned . . . . Feb 2 1775 William McClay Patent Book AA15:302 Gives description of land. John Sturgeon paid 16 pounds, 1 shilling, and 4 pence for 321 acres and 51 perches. Manor of Lowther. Rent due 1 March every year from the 1 March next at Carlisle, 1 penny. Enrolled April 29, 1775 Nelson Co KY 1810 Sturgeon, John 1 male 10-16, 1 male 45 & over 1 female 45 & over, 1 slave "Nelson Co Pioneer", the magazine of the Nelson Co Historical Society. Vol. 5, #3, 1791. Gray's and May's Companies by William May. North Central Nelson County.:
John Sturgeon Sr and John Sturgeon Jr. 2 tithables
Thomas was the first of the Sturgeons to purchase land in Lancaster CO PA, and the land records show that he bought more land than any of the others, buying several tracts at early dates
Probably born in Cumberland, PA
Tax lists-Nelson CO 1792-1794, Bourbon Co 1788, Shelby Co 1800, He is on all the Barren Co Tax lists starting in 1802 until Hart Co was formed -from portions of Hardin and Barren Counties in 1819. Early Ky Tax lists 1790 Nelson Co Ky-James-1 male over 21, 25 acres 1793-James Sturgeon- 1 male over 21, 2 horses, 4 cows 1795-May 12. James Sturgeon-1 male over 21, 2 horses and 3 cows. Census-Barren CO KY 1802-1810-,He was a farmer
McCoys Book- Went with his father to KY, (Nelson CO, John W says) where he married Elizabeth and they moved to Hart Co KY where they reared a family of ten children. I have the history of but two, of these. Jeremiah and Obadiah. Rolly is said to have gone to Indiana. Stories of Early Days of Hart Co. KY by Cyrus Edwards, states that In 1791 James Sturgeon, a Revolutionary War soldier, took up his miltary warrent of 200 acres in and across the narrow valley about half mile N.E. of Northtown (now of Hart Co.) he was much past middle age at the time and had a family of 8 or 9 boys and several girls and they were the ancestors of all the families of that name with whom I am acquainted in Hart and Adjoing counties, and he lived to be 102 years of age. The family of James Sturgeon was the only one of John's children included in Mr McCoy's-History of the Sturgeon's of North America . James Sturgeon b Cumberland Co PA in 1758 married Mary Shearman, b1755 in Pa, Bourbon Co KY 8-21-1788 (bond James Graham, Mary Shearman certified she was 21 years of age, wit. Samuel McClure and John Sturgeon.) McCoys book page 183 either has James wife name wtong or he had a first wife and Mary Shearman was the second.Barren Co Deed: December 23, 1811, Book B, p 431. Valentine Simons and Anny his wife, sell for $20 a parcel of land containing 100 acres in Barren County to James Sturgeon of Barren County. They live in Hardin County. Witnessess: Joseph Lard, William Cann, and Joshua Crump. MARRIAGE BOND!-To the clerk of Barren County Court Kentucky I do hereby autherise you to issue licens for marriage between my son Squire Sturgeon and Nancy More. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day March 1817. ATTEST: Jeremiah Sturgeon James Sturgeon (his mark) John Taylor Barren Co Deed: September 19, 1818, Book G, page 91 Edward Flatt and ROsanna his wife sell for $150 a tract of land lying on the Green River and containing 50 acres to James Sturgeon all of Barren County. Attest: RIchard Munford and Joshua Crump, both Justices of the Peace. Barren County Deed: August 19, 1818, Book G, page 92 John Taylor and Susanna his wife sell for $450 a parcel of land containing 115 acres to James Sturgeon. Attest: Joshua Crump and RIchard Munford. Land Purchases or Grants of James Sturgeon 3 Oct 1807- Barren Co Ky, Land Grant 50 acres 23 Dec 1811, Barren Co Ky, From T Simons 100 acres 28 Aug 1816, Barren Co Ky, Land Grant 50 acres 19 Aug 1818, Barren Co Ky, From John Taylor 115 acres 19 Sept 1818, Barren Co Ky, From E Flatt 50 acres *1829 Hart Co KY, Tax records from J Sturgeon 50acres Total 415 acres EARLY KY, TAX LISTS - HART CO , 1819 From THE HIISTORICAL REGISTER VOL .27, PAGE 475 James Sturgeon - 50 acres, Green River John Sturgeon Jr James Sturgeon - 100 acres, Green River James Sturgeon -115 acres, Green River James Sturgeon - 50 acres, Green River Squire Sturgeon - Hart Co Ky 1820-James Sturgeon males 1-under ten, 2-10/16, 0-16/18, 0-16/26, 0-26/45, 2-45+ females 1-under ten, 2-10/16, 0-16/26, 0-26/45, 1-45+ Hart Co KY1830 Hart Co KY-1840 *Note:No Hart Co Ky Tax records available from 1833-1839. Hart Co Ky Tax records from 1840 to 1844 list James with 389 acres and 5 slaves. Hart co Tax records from 1845 to 1852 list James with NO Land and No Slaves. After 1845, his sons Squire and Obadiah's land holdings increased-for Squire-395 acres to 645 acres and 3 slaves, Obadiah-625 acres- 1 slave in 1843 to 925 acres with 4 slaves after 1845. Ky land record warrents note that a John Sturgeon had 50 acres of land surveyed on 11-22-1825. This probably was John Sr and he sold this 50 acres to Jame's prior to 1829, the Hart Co Ky tax records never listed John Sr as owning 50 acres of land.
Last name may be SHEARMAN
1850 Hart Co census #845 listed in household of James Martin and Wife Julia A Sturgeon d/o James and Elizabeth . She is 95+ years old and blind, born in Penn