| Notes |
- ** See marriage notes for list of children **
- ** See Isabella Bourland's notes **
- ** See his/her DAR lineage in Misc-Docs-Pics/Bourland **
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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).
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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).
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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
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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
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Associated Applications and Supplementals
NatÂ’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
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Steve Butler and Suzanne Hibbs Family History
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