Stephen Osborne (abt. 1744 - abt. 1817)

Hi Jeanie - not sure where the Scott/Fauquier Co, VA birth came from. I have a reference to a Montgomery Co, VA militia muster that has Ephraim, Stephen, John/Nathan/Jonathan, Enoch, Solomon. Seems like the same family. Stephen was definitely associating with the Boones and others in the forks of the Yadkin - he's on the Rowan Co, NC census in 1790, 1800, 1810.

Miilitia listings - don't know if the originals are published anywhere online https://www.newrivernotes.com/revolutionary-war-soldiers-nrv/

OSBORN, ENOCH, Captain, On lists of Osborn’s Militia Company for 1777, 1781, April 2, 1783 and 1785.

OSBORN, EPHRAIM, Jr., On 1777 List of Osborn’s Militia Company and as a Lieutenant, On 1781 List of Osborn’s Militia Company, April 2, 1783 and 1785.

OSBORN, EPHRAIM, Sr., On 1777 and 1781 lists of Osborn’s Militia Company

OSBORN, JEREMIAH, On 1777, 1781, April 2, 1783, and 1785 lists of Osborn’s Militia Company.

OSBORN, JOHN, On Osborn’s Militia Rosters for 1781, April 2, 1783 and 1785.

OSBORN, JONATHAN, On lists of Osborn’s Militia Company for 1777, 1781, April 2, 1783, and 1785.

OSBORN, ROBERT, On Osborn’s Militia Rosters for 1781, April 2, 1783 and 1785.

OSBORN, SOLOMON, On 1781 List of Osborn’s Militia Company; 2nd Sergeant, On Osborn’s Militia Rosters of April 2, 1783 and 1785.

OSBORN, STEPHEN, On 1777 List of Osborn’s Militia Company

OSBORN, STEPHEN, Sr., On 1777 List of Osborn’s Militia Company

Grayson Co is on the NC border, and there seems to have been some back and forth migration between the Yadkin River are and Grayson Co. Or there are two lots of people with nearly all the same given names simultaneously in the two areas. Given this family, I would believe it, lol. Still argues for some connection as do my hundreds of shared matches that have way too many cM 25-30 to ignore but seem to share matches across 5 out of 6 great grandparents, all of whom trace back to Rowan Co either side of the Revolution. At that point I think Rowan ran to the VA border.

I removed the Scott County stuff, as I agree that that is conflating two individuals. I do think it likely that the Stephen Osborne who was in Captain Enoch Osborne's company is either the son or nephew of Ephraim, serving in his uncle's company. I think that my Stephen Ausborn is a likely candidate to be the same Stephen. We have Bible records of his daughter Hannah being born in Virginia - the families were in the forks of the Yadkin, Rowant Co, NC at the same time as the Boones. Moved to Ky and later Missouri together with same families - including McDermid, Blevans/Blevins, Caton. I admit that current documentation is a bit thin on identifying which Stephen, Enoch, Ephraim is which... However, I do have a strong DNA match with several Osbornes that has too many cM to be just from one connection - Blevans/Austin/Ausborn/Howard seem to have married cousins and had brothers who married sisters, and so forth.

I believe there is someone claiming a DNA connection between the Rev War era Ephraim and the Ephraim Osborne (1656-1744) of East Hampton, NY. There are a lot of property records for that Ephraim and his parents. His sons not so much. Any DNA testers on here? Preferably males of surname Osborne???