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Sarah 'Sallie' (Jobe) Southward
--b. about 1796 probably Jackson Co., TN
--AFTER 1866 probably Johnson Co., MO area
--m. William SOUTHWARD (SOUTHWOOD)
--abt 1812 Logan Co., KY or Robertson Co., TN area
----b. 1794/96 Virginia
----d. abt March 1866 Johnson Co., MO
From Dianne Erwin (April 2000)
"I think Sarah Jobe was his first wife. No one is sure if he ever divorced her. She was in his will. However, he is on the 1850 Fannin Co., Tx. census with some of his children by Sarah--but with Mourning, not Sarah. She was still in Mo. with one of the other sons. (actually she is on 1850 Clay Co, Mo Census) Strange?"(My note - by 1860, William and Sarah are back together on the census - living in Johnson Co, Missouri)
From Joy Wilkerson (October 1999)
"At some point around the time he went to Texas, he seems to have separated from Sally and was living with her sister Morning. We have never found any evidence of a divorce. He and Morning appear in Fannin Co., in 1850 and Sally was living with Iradell and his family in Missouri in 1850. He and Morning were in Grayson Co., in 1856 when an indenture was recorded. That's the last record we have of them.(My note - since this time, we have discovered William and Sally back together on the 1860 Johnson Co, MO Census.
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My Websites for Sarah
- Scanned Documents for William Southward and Sarah and Mourning Jobe
- Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect
JOB(E) LEGACY
Descendants of Andrew Job Jr
History of Missouri, G.S. call no. 977-81 H2h of book "History of Andrews Co." pp 85
". . . lists William Southwood as one of the earliest settlers within the boundaries of Benton and Platte townships. pp86 lists William as "Rev. Mr. Southwood". Also, under Whitesville Churches: Ministers of the Protestant Methodist Church conducted publilc worship at the residences of Rev. Mr. Southwood and Lewis Shelton near the falls of Platte River."
History of McDonough County, Illinois, together with sketches of the towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent individuals, and biographies of the representative citizens. History of Illinois. (Springfield, Ill. : D.W. Lusk, State Printer.) by S. J. Clarke (1878)
page 67
Job's Settlement.—About the same time that Riggs Pennington and William Carter were forming a settlement in the south part of the county, "William Job and a few others moved to the north part near the present town of Blandinsville. To the older residents of the county the name of Job's Settlement is very familiar. Hugh Wilson and family started in 1826 from Schuyler county to go to some place on the Mississippi, near the Des Moines Rapids, and when they arrived near the preeent village of Webster, Hancock county, they were met by William Job, William Southward, and Ephraim Perkins, all brothers-in-law, who had settled in that vicinity a short time previous. Through the solicitude of Mr. Job, Mr. Wilson changed his course and went to the northwest part of this county, and settled upon section 9 ot the present township of Hire, on the farm now owned by James Seybold. Here he erected a " half-faced camp," being nothing more than a shed with three sides and an open front. Preparing his ground, he planted it, and raised a crop. When his harvest was over he built himself a more substantial house, iuto which he moved, hut only lived therein about two weeks, when a friendly Indian came to his cabin and gave the alarm by stating that a band of hostile Indians was coming that way, and he had better leave. This advice he followed, going to the Des Moines Rapids. Job, Southward and Perkins, who had also settled in the vicinity, went to Morgan county, but returned the following spring. Wilson never came back.This Wilson was a pioneer, truly, for he could not endure living near a wholly civilized community. In 1814 he moved from Tennessee to Indiana. After a few years he went to Kentucky; thence to Missouri; thence to Arkansas. From there he desired to emigrate farther south, but his family objecting, he returned to Missouri, from whence he moved to Schuyler county, this State, in 1825. The following year, as related, he settled in this county, in Job's Settlement, and thence pushed on to Iowa. He kept even pace with the Indians, being just far enough in their rear to be out of danger. His wife delighted in being on the move as much as he did, she averring "the food always tasted better when they were moving." Mr. Wilson was the father of John Wilson, of Industry township, and died in Iowa some years ago—as much from grief as of old age, it is said, because he could not influence his sons to go further west as far as the new State of Colorado. He had a decided distaste for living in a town, saying he would as soon go to the penitentiary.
When William Job returned to the county in 1827, he drew around him a goodly number of people, and soon a very flourishing settlement was formed. John Vance, Nathaniel Heron, Redmond Grigsby, Coffman, Bagby and others were among the first.
page 857
"The first person to make a settlement within the borders of what is now Blandinsville township, was William Job, who came from Morgan county, this state, in company with several other men, to look for land and a home, in the fall of 1825. After spending some time in looking over the county he returned to Morgan to spend the winter, and the following spring brought his family to the county, stopping some three weeks with a man by the name of Richard Dunn, just across the line in Hire township, while Mr. Job constructed a cabin of split logs on the land he had previously selected, on the southeast quarter of section 33. The rudely-constructed habitation, erected by Mr. Job, was their home but a short time, when it was replaced by a hewn log cabin, which was well built for the kind at that time. The same building is still in existence, and is now occupied by J. C. Phillips as a residence in the village of Blandinsville, and is, consequently, the oldest building now standing in the town-page 858
ship. More modern improvements have been made to it, but the same old logs are there as were placed ,by the Job family almost sixty years ago. Previous to the time of Mr. Job coming to McDonough county, he settled in Hancock county, on the Mississippi river, but at that time the Indians were so troublesome that they only remained one season and then removed to Morgan county, three miles from Jacksonville. It was only after great solicitation and urging on the part of Mr. Job, after he returned from this county for his family, that they were induced to again come to the frontier, as Mrs. Job was deathly afraid of the Indians. Even after they came to Blandinsville, in the spring of 1826, the Indians would frequently nourish their tomahawks over the heads of the children and women and display to them how a scalp was taken. This pioneer was, in his way, a determined man, and resolved to here make a home, notwithstanding the apparent difficulties and set about opening up a farm, but the cold hand of the grim destroyer, death, came upon him ere his hopes were realized, although a goodly start toward the goal of his ambition had been obtained, and he passed away, on the identical spot where the first settlement was made, in the fall of 1835. One daughter, Parmelia Davis, is the only survivor of that pioneer family, who resides on the old Job homestead, at an advanced age.p. 859
With Mr, Job came his two brothers-in-law, Ephraim Perkins and William Southward. The latter selected a farm on section 9, where he lived for some years. He was the first sheriff of McDonbugh county. After the expiration of his term of office, he followed the tide of emigration westward into Missouri. The place is now owned by William Woodside.
William is on a list of delinquent tax payers, in Saline Co. MO (from the Missouri Intelligenceer an Miscellaneous taxes from the state archives). The Southwoods, Gladdens and Sheltons (relatives) were apparently in Saline Co MO in the early 1820s There is no MO census for 1820
William Southward, along with Ephriam Perkins and William Jobe were in the area of Blandinswille, IL where William Southward was the 1st Sheriff of McDonough Township
Names wife Lucy to receive two hundred dollars and one certain bay mare,cow and calves, hogs and household and kitchen furniture. Daughter Lucretia to receive one hundred dollars in cash, son Martin to receive one hundred dollars, daughter Martha to receive one hundred dollars Sons John and David to receive one hundred dollars and twenty dollars to be equally divided between them. To son Jacob Elias one hundred dollars in cash. To daughter Drucilia one hundred dollars. To daughter Katharine one hundred dollars. Farm to be sold at public auction. One note on Thomas Walton which is to be collected and divided.
Attest: Samuel Lee, William Hagen, John Hagen.
Pages 16-18:
Bond: $ 2000. July 5, 1836. William SOUTHWARD and George Damron Synior, executors.
1846 -Fannin Co., Texas Tax List
Sarah Southward says that to the best of her knowledge and beliefs the names of the heirs of the said William Southward, deceseased, and the places of their residences are respectively as follows:
That the said William Southward died without a Will, that she will make a summary of and faithfully administer all the Estate of the deceased and pay the debts as the estate will extend and the law directs, account for pay and deliver all assets which shall come to her possession or knowledge.
Subscribed and Sworn to, Before me as Clerk of the Johson Co., Court the 18th (12th) day of March 1866.
G.W. Monto ?, Clerk
Sarah (Her mark) Southward
William Southwood 3 2 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 1 1 0 1
--per Beverley Nilsson
"William was one of the first settlers in Job Settlement (now Blandinsville, Macdonaugh Co. Ill. William was the first sheriff of the Co.,, being elected in 1830, and was re-elected in 1831 and again in 32, 33 & 34. He built the first court house of the Co., that year. It cost $69.50 to build. The following spring he built the first jail."
Probate Letters 1835-1853"
--Abstracted and Transcribed by W B Landers
Pages 14-15:
Estate of Jacob Cagle; Will June 26, 1836
Wm Southwood, Minister, married Whaley, George W. to Vivion, Mary 12-7-1837 (Barry Co., MO)
Wm. Southward,
1 M between 40 and 50 -William Southward (Southwood) (44)
1 M under 5 -no child listed in family tree.
2 M---5 to under 10 -James 8; Elijah 9
1 M ---10 to under 15 -Henry 15
2 M--- 15 to under 20 -Greenbury 17, Iradell 19
2 F under 5 -Sarah 6, other child ?
1 F--- 20 to 30 -Annie (26)
1 F--- 40 to 50 -nee Sarah 'Sallie' Jobe (44)
1 F--- 70 to 80
Marriage records show William Southwood, as a Methodist minister, he maried William Shelton to Mary Means, 7 Oct.
William received land in Plattsburg MO
By July 1, William Southward is in the Texas Colony
*William is listed on 1850 Fannin Co, Texas with his wife's sister, Mourning, while Sarah is listed in Missouri with son, Iradell. Presently, we have no explanation for this - other than the fact that William and Sarah did APPARENTLY separate for a while from 1845 to late 1850's.
1850 - Fannin Co, Texas Census, page 245A #62
Wm. Southward 51 (m) VA $720
M. Southward 50 (f) Tn
H. 21 (m) IL
E. 19 (m) IL
Jas. 17 (m) IL
E. 15 (f) Michigan
E. Row 24 (m) MO
1850 - Clay Co., Mo, Liberty, page 614 and 615, #111-111
-enumerated August 16, 1850
Ira Southard M 31y
Randolph Southard M 34y
Manery (Nancy?) Southard F 23y
Sarah H Southard F 2y
Thomas J Southard M 8m
Alley (Sally? Southard F 54y
William was issued a cert. for 640 acres by the cc of Grayson Co, which he sold unlocated. It was later patented in Grayson Co (Fannin 3rd Class #1296)"
William is mentioned on a deed in Texas with wife, Mourning!
Southward William * 60 M M.E.S. Clergyman 1,600 600 Va
Southward Sarah 55 F Tenn
Estate record of William Southward: (Johnson Co, MO)
"In the matter of William Southward, Estate.
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Ann (Jobe) Brown
