130> | i. | John Forsyth, Sr.,
born September 1788 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died November 1853 in
Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa; married Elizabeth
McKinley May 09, 1813 in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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i. | Eleanor McKinley,
born Bet. 1776 and 1794 in County Down, Northern Ireland;
died Unknown.
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ii. | William McKinley,
Jr., born Bet. October 10, 1786 and October 9, 1787 in
County Down, Northern Ireland; died October 9, 1878 in
Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Martha
Margaret McCullough June 10, 1824 in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; born Bet. October 10, 1793 and October 9, 1794
in Maryland; died October 9, 1875 in Oskaloosa Township,
Mahaska County, Iowa.
William McKinley, Jr.'s birth date
span was determined from his tombstone in Forest
Cemetery, Oskaloosa. The inscription reads "Died
Oct 9, 1878 Aged 91 Years." His obituary said he
was born 1788 yet his tombstone inscription reads 91
years old at death. That would imply the date
range shown here. Likewise his wife's tombstone
inscription reads "Died Oct 8, 1875 Aged 81
Years." According to the aforementioned McKinley
researcher who found the records at the Western
Pennsylvania Genealogical Society in Pittsburgh, he was
shown as accompanying father William Sr. in the
immigration index, arriving in Maryland in 1807.
While living with his parents in
Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
William Jr. served in the War of 1812. According to
pension application #26300 filed in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa April 10, 1872, he enlisted at Elizabeth
Borough, Allegheny County in August 1812 and was
discharged November 24, 1812 at Niagara River, New
York. He enlisted for a six month term, but his
unit was disbanded when no further service was needed
(see the more detailed description of this service under
Thomas Forsythe, Jr. #132 in Generation No. 4, my ggg
grandfather). William Jr. and Thomas Forsythe, Jr.
were assigned to the First Rifle Company Pennsylvania
Militia attached to the 125th Regt. under the command of
Captain James Scott. Thomas Jr. was a private,
William Jr. was a 2nd Corporal. His pension
application states his "wife's maiden name was Margaret
McCullough to whom he was married at Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania on the 10 day of June A.D. 1824." The
pension papers also state that William Jr. applied for
and received a bounty land warrant for 120 acres for
service in the War which he in turn assigned on May 7,
1857 to Thompson Forsyth (son of John and Eliza McKinley
Forsyth) of Franklin County, Kansas and that Thompson
patented the land on June 15, 1860. The
application shows that he had received an earlier
warrant for 40 acres which he had disposed of, but does
not indicate how. Captain James Scott was the
same James Scott who served as co-Executor with William
Jr. for William Sr.'s estate.
After the 1850 Pennsylvania census
the William Jr. family can next be found in the 1852
Iowa State census in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County.
His entry shows a count of 5 males and 6 females with no
individual names given. The couple had 4 sons and
4 daughters. That would account for the 5 males in
the household. Their oldest Son, William III, married
Mary Vankirk in 1852 (it was her father who was a
witness to William McKinley, Sr.'s will). Could
that account for the 6 females in the household?
In the 1856 Mahaska County census son William III's
family lives next door to William Jr.'s family and
William III says he has been in the state 5 years and
Mary and been in the state 4 years, since 1852.
It sounds like the 6th female in the
1852 census was Mary Vankirk McKinley, until one looks
further at the 1856 census and sees Jane Todd, age 60
and born in Pennsylvania. She says she has been in
Iowa 5 years, since 1851. The birth location for
Jane appears to be incorrect. She and William are
both shown as born in Pennsylvania when William was, in
fact, born in Ireland. And we know Jane Todd was
with the William McKinley, Jr. family in the 1850
Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
census, page 48, and she and William there were shown
correctly as both born in Ireland. It appears that
Jane Todd is likely the sister of William Jr. and that
likely William III married Mary later in 1852.
Jane died April 19, 1860 and is buried in Old White
Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Mahaska County.
It appears from the 1856 Iowa State
census that the entire family, along with sister Jane
Todd, left for Iowa as a family unit for settlement in
1851, along with the John and Elizabeth McKinley Forsyth
family and some of the children of John McCullough from
above. One of the children of John McCullough was
Mary Margaret McCullough, wife of William McKinley, Jr.
John McCullough's will says "... he (Executor David
McCullough) is to give my daughter Peggy McKenley one
Bible at five or six dollars price he is to give my two
grand sons John McCollough and John McKinley if it
please God the corn to fifteen years of age one Bible
Woodbridges Geography Walkers dictionary and one
Gaziteere ..."
William Jr. was occupied as a farmer
throughout his life. He and Margaret had 8
children, William III, John, Archibald, Margaret Jane,
Sarah Mary, Hannah, David, and Mary. Four of the
children, Archibald, Hannah, David and Mary, never
married and lived together with Hannah being the last to
die in 1925. Son William III married Mary Vankirk
from back home in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County
and they had 6 children (including first born Ada who
was among the 7 students in the first Oskaloosa high
school graduating class). John married Mary
Minerva Rhinehart and they had 2 sons. Margaret
Jane married John Nelson Chandler who had 5 children by
a previous marriage. They had 3 children of their
own. Sarah Mary married first cousin Thompson Forsyth,
son of John and Elizabeth McKinley Forsyth, and the one
to whom William Jr. assigned his land warrant for 120
acres. They had 2 daughters.
William Jr. and Martha Margaret are
buried in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County. All of the children and their spouses are
also buried there, with the exception of Mary.
William and Mary McKinley Burns are buried in Highland
Cemetery, Eddyville, Mahaska County.
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131 | iii. | Elizabeth McKinley,
born March 1790 in Cabragh Townland near Rathfriland,
Clonduff Civil Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died
1873 in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa; married
John Forsyth, Sr. May 09, 1813 in Northern Ireland.
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iv. | Jane McKinley, born
Bet. 1795 and 1797 in County Down, Ireland; married ? Todd;
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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i. | Elizabeth Forsythe,
born Abt. 1776 in Westmoreland (now Fayette) County,
Pennsylvania; died Bet. 1840 and 1850 probably in South
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania;
married Asa Vandine Abt. 1800; born Abt. 1776; died Bet.
1825 and 1830 in Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth's married name of
Vandine/VanDyne was given in Thomas' will; "Forth I do
allow to my Daughter Elizabeth Vandine Ten Pound to be
paid also at her Mothers Death". Elizabeth is
found as head of household in the 1830 and 1840
censuses:
Elizabeth Vandine 1830 South Huntingdon
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census, page
144
1 male under 5, 1 male of 10 &
under 15
1 female of 20 & under 30, 1
female of 60 & under 70 (born 1761-1770)?
Elizabeth Vandine 1840 South Huntingdon
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census, page
282
1 male of 20 & under 30
1 female of 60 & under 70 (born
1771-1780)
According to these census entries, Elizabeth is
between 60 and 70 in both censuses. Not very
probable. It is most likely the 1840 census is
correct, thus placing her birth date between 1770 and
1780. No Vandine appears in the immediate vicinity
in 1850.
Knowing that Elizabeth may have
stayed in the area after marriage, checking Fayette and
Westmoreland came up with one possibility as husband -
Asa Vandine. He was found in Westmoreland in 1810
and in Fayette in 1820 after which he disappears and
Elizabeth is left with the remaining minor children for
the 1830 and 1840 censuses.
Asa Vandine 1810 Donegal Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census, page 223
2 males under 10, 1 male of 26 &
under 45 (born 1766-1784)
2 female under 10, 1 female of 26
& under 45 (born 1766-1784)
Asa Vandine 1820 Hampton Forge in Salt
Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania census, page
130
2 males of 26 & under 45 (born
1776-1794)
2 females under 10, 1 female of 10
& under 16, 1 female of 16 & under 26, 1 female
of 45 & over (bef 1776)
Even though the early censuses only
placed individuals into age brackets an estimated age
can often times be determined by combining enough census
records. According to this composite picture is
appears Elizabeth was either born circa 1770 or circa
between 1770 and 1775. As we will see when the
remainder of the children of Thomas Sr. and Nancy are
documented, 1770 rep-resents too much of a gap between
Elizabeth and child number 2. Assuming Elizabeth
was not the product of a first marriage/second marriage
situation for Thomas Sr. and/or Nancy, circa 1775/76
seems the most likely case for Elizabeth birth.
Considering Asa's age from the two cen-sus records where
he is present, this estimate for Elizabeth also seems
the most compatible.
Nothing much is known about this
family - where was Asa born? who were his parents? where
was Asa before 1810? who were the children? why were
there 2 males in the 26-45 age group in 1820, and who
was the second one? what happened to the 2 males under
10 from the 1810 census? and more. It was supposed
that Elizabeth died before 1850, because she was not
found in the 1850 or later censuses. But was she
living with one of her married daughters? That is
another question we do not have an answer for.
Nothing is known for certain what
Asa's occupation was. I found no property
purchases for Asa, but he still could have been farming
during some of their married life. However his
1820 census entry may give a clue as an laborer
occupation. There were a significant number of old
stone blast furnaces in southwestern Pennsylvania, one
of which is described here. According to the 1882
"History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania..." by Franklin
Ellis "Old Laurel Furnace - The location of this old
furnace was on Laurel Run, in Dunbar township, nearly
opposite the eastern base of the Chestnut Ridge.
It was built by Joshua Gibson and Samuel Paxson, about
1797, and two or three years later (before 1800) it
passed to the possession of Reuben Mochabee and Sam-uel
Wurtz. In 1800, John Ferrel, the manager of the
furnace under these proprietors, advertised for sale
'assorted castings, neat, light, and tough,' at $100 per
ton, also bar iron. The 'Hampton Forge' was built
by Mochabee & Wurtz, for the purpose of working the
product of the furnace." Hampton Forge
was built on Salt Lick Creek (now Indian Creek)
approximately 1/2 mile up-stream from it junction with
the Youghiogheny River. Asa and family were
located in Hampton Forge, Salt Lick Township, Fayette
County in the 1820 census. He was possibly
involved as a laborer in the making and working of
iron. Salt Lick Township is in the northeast
corner of Fayette County and Donegal Township,
Westmoreland County was located across the county line
directly north of Salt Lick Township. It is
possible he died between 1820 and 1830 from an accident
while working in the forge.
Nothing more is known about this
family.
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ii. | Margaret Forsythe,
born February 17, 1779 in Westmoreland (now Fayette) County,
Pennsylvania; died August 17, 1830 in Clinton Township,
Wayne County, Ohio; married Richard W. Jones Abt. 1796 in
Fayette County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1765 in Maryland;
died Abt. November 1854 in Valparaiso, Porter County,
Indiana.
Margaret's married name of Jones was
given in Thomas' will; "Fiftly I do allow to my Daughter
Peggy Jones Ten Pound to be paid in like Manner" (also
"at her Mothers Death"). Additionally, Thomas'
son-in-law Richard Jones was identifed in the will as
"My hole and Sole Executer". The biographies of at
least three descendants identified their progenitors as
Richard and Margaret Forsythe Jones - 2 sons in
"Counties of Porter and Lake Indiana: Historical and
Biograhpical, Illustrated" by Goodspeed, Weston A., ed.
and Charles Blanchard, ed., Chicago, Illinois, FA
Battery & Company, 1882 and one grandson in "A
Biographical Record of Boone County Iowa, Illustrated,"
New York & Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company,
1902 - with Richard as born in Maryland and Margaret as
born in Pennsylvania. It is possible the Richard
Jones in the 1790 Frederick County, Maryland census
(page 169) is our Richard and would complement the
marriage license for Richard Jones and Margaret Forsythe
in Frederick County for November 10, 1796.
Richard Jones appears in the 1800
Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania census
(page 608), 1810 Tyrone Township census (page 235) and
1820 Dunbar Township, Fayette County census (page
132). Son Richard W. says in his Porter County,
Indiana biography that he was born July 16, 1816 and
they moved to Wayne County, Ohio when he was 6 years old
(1822-1823). Son David F. says in his Porter
County biography that he was born July 12, 1821 and
removed to Wayne County when 2 years old
(1823-1824). Allowing for some degree of error
this places the family migration to Wayne County circa
1822-1823. Daughter Hannah married Aaron Little on
March 16, 1824 in Wayne County, Ohio. This pretty
much fixes the timeframe for their migration.
Richard is in the 1830 Clinton
Township, Wayne County, Ohio census (page 30), 1840
Clinton Township census (page 9) and 1850 Clinton
Township census (page 8), with Richard having purchased
80 acres of land in Wayne County from the State of Ohio
in 1833. Margaret died August 17, 1830 in Clinton
Township and is buried in Newkirk Cemetery, just across
the county line in Holmes County, Ohio. The
tombstone states her age at death as 51 years, 6 months,
0 days which fixes her birth date given above.
Richard's grave has not yet been located so the census
will have to suffice for estimating his birth
date. The 1850 Wayne County census has his age as
85, placing his birth date as about 1765. All
censuses, except the 1800 census, works with the birth
date circa 1765 and the Boone County bio of his grandson
reports his grandfather was born in 1762. I am
using 1765 as his likely birth date.
Richard went to Porter County,
Indiana in 1853 where his son Richard, Jr. was
living. He died in the fall of 1854, hence his
estimated death date of about November 1854. His
will was made April 13, 1848 in Wayne County, Ohio and
probated there February 12, 1855. In it he names
all living children by name and he and Margaret had 4
sons and 6 daughters.
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iii. | John Forsythe, born
February 16, 1781 in Westmoreland (now Fayette) County,
Pennsylvania; died March 25, 1855 in Moulton, Wells
Township, Appanoose County, Iowa; married Rebecca
Pittsor/Pitzer Abt. 1808 in Clermont County, Ohio; born
December 1, 1790 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died March
29, 1833 near Straight Creek, Brown County, Ohio.
John is identified in his father's
will, "Secondly I do Will and allow My Son John Forsithe
One Hundred and Forty Dollars to be paid as soon as
possible of the Produce of the Orchard." John is
unique among the heirs in that he was to be paid as soon
as possible while all others were to be paid at their
mother's death. Chances are that he had been
preparing to leave the area. John appears in the
1805 Tyrone Township, Fayette County tax list as single
with 0 acres, 0 horses, and 0 cattle, but he is found
nowhere in the Fayette County area after that point.
The Forsythe Book states, "As a
young man he moved to Brown County, Ohio, in 1800.
He was one of the earliest residents of the area.
The move was probably made by boat down the
Youghiogheny, Monogahela and Ohio Rivers. John
traveled to Brown County with a Robert Forsythe.
This Robert may have been a son of one of the original
Thomas Forsythe's brothers..." It may be that he
had been in "Brown" County, Ohio, and perhaps he came
back when his father started failing, but we do know he
was residing in Fayette County in 1805 as well as among
the Thomas Forsith family enumeration on the 1800
Fayette County census (page 605). So it is likely
he did not leave until after the 1805 tax list was
generated, so the haste noted in the will could possibly
support the fact that John was only there for a short
while. Some additional information brings into
doubt the story about John traveling with Robert
Forsythe. There were two John Forsythes in the
"Brown" County area in the early 1800s and it was most
likely the other John who was there with Robert, as
supported by the following notation. In "The
Virginia Military Surveys of Clermont and Hamilton
Counties, Ohio 1787-1849" by Alam Aicholtz Smith, 1985,
"Brown, John Survey No. 4858. Surveyed for John
Brown, assignee, 500 acres of land on part of a Military
Warrant No. 4666 on the waters of the East Fork of the
Little Miami. Batavia Township, Military Warrant
4666, Robert Forsythe and John Forsythe, heirs of Robert Forsythe, a captain
for 3 years, patent to John Brown."
(Note: This area at that time was still a military
tract, and Brown County had not come into existence
yet. Brown became a county in 1818 from parts of
Clermont and Adams Counties.) There is no clear
reason why our John would be an heir of Robert Forsythe.
Glen Swartz in the RootsWeb World
Connect database "glen_swartz" states "according to
Chris Pitzer (well documented): Rebecca Pitzer, b. 1 Dec
1789 PA, d/o Christian Pitzer (ca 1740-1797) and Maria
Elizabetha Reede." Christian's family was in
Bedford County, Westmoreland County and Fayette County,
Pennsylvania from at least 1772 until 1791 when he
appears in county records in Mason County, Kentucky,
across the Ohio River from Clermont and Adams Counties,
Ohio (later to include Brown County). It appears
some of the Pitzers may have moved across the river to
Ohio. In Clermont County a John Pitzer married
Catherine Leeferry on March 14, 1805 a Jamima Pitzer
married John F. Foor on August 27, 1811, a Mary Pitzer
married John Jones on March 1, 1814, and a Jonathan
Pitzer married Elizabeth Foore on January 15,
1818. I checked Adams County in that timeframe and
found no Pitzer marriages or John Forsythe
marriage. In checking Clermont County there was no
John Forsythe marriage, but then marriage records for
that county between March 12, 1807 and April 26, 1810
are missing (just our luck). With all the other
Pitzer marriages in that county and with the aid of a
letter from his second born child who stated she was
born July 17, 1810 some 8 or 10 miles west of Georgetown
(which placed her in Clermont County at the time), it is
probably safe to say that is where John was
married. Additionally, since their first born
child was born in December of 1808, it probably lends
credence to the theory that John migrated to Clermont
County between 1805 (tax list entry) and 1807 (Thomas
writing his will and his demise), then was in a hurry to
return to Ohio. I have estimated their marriage as
abount 1808, but it could have been late 1807 and John
was in a hurry to get back to his new wife.
John and Rebecca had 2 sons and 4
daughters, with all but the last child born likely in
Clermont County. Hannah was born in 1820, after
Brown County has been formed and the family is found in
1820 Clark Township, Brown County census, page
389. Clark Township is to the northwest of
Georgetown, which is consistent with his daughter's
letter stating she was born west of Georgetown.
Rebecca dies in 1833, but the family continues to live
in Brown County before the wander lust strikes - 1830
Scott Township (page 470) and 1840 Jefferson Township
(page 226). Sometime in the late 1840s they choose
to move and John is found living in the Aaron Reynolds
family in 1850 Township 4S Range 3W, Pike County,
Illinois census, page 75B (wife Mary Ann Forsythe
Reynolds is John's second born child). Son Thomas
Jefferson Forsythe is in Township 3S Range 3W on page
44A, three households away from Samuel and Elizabeth
Forsythe Gregg. Also in Pike County, in Township
3S Range 4W census (page 128A) is Jackson and Hannah
Forsythe Morrow. From here the family units move
to Appanoose County, Iowa in 1854 where John dies March
25, 1855 in Wells Township at the home of his daughter
and son-in-law, Samuel and Elizabeth Forsythe Gregg, and
is buried in Hilltown Cemetery there.
Note: John Fosythe from Davis
County, Iowa, nephew of John, wrote a letter to cousin
Thomas Forsythe in Fayette County on June 6, 1859
saying, "I will give you the name of his (Uncle John of
Ohio) Soninglaus in Iowa, Appanoose County, 15 miles
from where we live...William Morrow (married)
Nancy." Nancy died in Brown County, Ohio in 1842
and in the 1850 Franklin Township census (page 404)
William has married the widow Rachel Thompson and they
are there yet in 1851. Then in the 1860 Wells
Township, Appanoose County, Iowa census (page 655)
William and Rachel are shown as having followed Jackson
Morrow west.
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iv. | Nancy Forsythe,
born Abt. 1783 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died possibly Abt. 1812 in Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; married Aaron Jones Abt. 1800; born Abt. 1782;
died Aft. 1815.
From Thomas' will we know her
married name - "Sixt I do allow my Daughter Nancy Jones
Ten Pounts to be paid in like Manner" (also "at her
Mothers Death"). We also surmise that Nancy was
old enough to be married by 1800 because the 1800 census
for the Thomas Forsith family had only three girls at
home in 1800, and it appears
Thomas is naming his children oldest to youngest in the
will. As mentioned in the Nancy Parker narrative
above, there was an Aaron Jones on line 21 in the 1810
census, next to Richard and Margaret Forsythe Jones on
line 22. Although not mentioned there, a John
Jones was shown on line 17 of that census page.
Line 17: John Jones 12010-40010
Line 21: Aaron Jones 30010-10010
While there is no proof of this, I
believe Aaron to be Nancy's husband. With John
having 2 sons in the 10 to 16 age group, it seems to
push the envelop of what is reasonable regarding her
potential birth date and subsequent marriage date.
Although there could be a couple of reasons for this
seeming disparity, I am going with the proximity and the
age groupings of the Aaron listing as best fit for
Nancy. The estimated age for Nancy is based on the
one and only census image found and how Nancy best fits
in with the ages of her siblings. Aaron's age is
estimated based on this census image and also the Tyrone
Township, Fayette County tax records. Phillip
Jones first appears in the tax lists in 1795, then John
in 1798, Thomas and Richard in 1802, Peter in 1803, and
finally Aaron in 1806.
IF Aaron
was Nancy's husband then the following could apply to
Nancy, "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania: with
Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and
Prominent Men"; edited by Franklin Ellis; L. H. Everts
& Co., Philadelphia, 1882, page 715 in the Perry
township history section, "...Michael Sowers lived in an
old cabin and ferried people across the river.
After his death one Dunn lived in the cabin. He
was drowned a few years later, and the place was long
known as 'Dunn's Deep Hole.' There is an old
burial-place in the rear of where the cabin stood, where
seventy or seventy-five years ago hundreds of graves
were to be seen. In 1812, Aaron Jones lived there,
and his wife was drowned in the river while crossing in
a canoe. The name was changed from Dunn's to
Layton's after the purchase by Abraham Layton in
1821." I have made the assumption
this article notation refers to Nancy. Nothing
else is known at this time regarding this daughter,
including no information there is any relationship of
Aaron to the other Jones' mentioned above, including
Richard Jones, Margaret's husband.
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v. | David Forsythe,
born Abt. 1786 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died 1851 in Perry Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; married Charlotte Hutchinson(?) Abt. 1808
probably in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1789 in
Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1850 probably in Perry Township,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
David is an heir in Thomas' will -
"of the rest I do allow My son David Forsithe one Half
of My Lands Goods and Chattels...Each to be Equel shares
of all at their Mothers Death and said David ... is to
pay all the Above Mentioned Legacyes to the rest".
David appears to have lived his entire life in Fayette
County. David was to get half of his father's
property and brother Ezekiel was to get the other half,
but not until their mother passed away. The tax
lists for Tyrone Township tell some of the story:
It was not uncommon in those days to
have a still on most every property to provide the owner
with the comforts of their "happy juice". The
property could not be divided between the two brothers
until Nancy died, so it appears that David paid the
taxes for a few years after Thomas Sr.'s death in 1807,
then Ezekiel paid for a while. Then after Nancy's
death, circa 1820, the property was finally divided.
David appears to have lived his
entire life as a farmer in Tyrone Township (and Perry
Township when it was formed in 1839), Fayette
County. In 1810 he is enumerated on the line
immediately above widowed mother, Nancy Forsythe, and is
of age 16 and under 26. He is married with wife
also of age 16 and under 26 and a daughter under age
10. David was also present in the 1820 through
1840 censuses, but with only tabulations within age
groupings it is difficult, if not impossible, to
determine any meaningful detail of this family.
The child enumerations are confusing to say the least
and the male enumerations provide an example:
David's wife is given as Charlotte
with an age that suggests she was born about 1789 in
Pennsylvania. Then there is a girl Nancy, age 16,
enumerated, a girl Christiann, age 11, enumerated, and a
boy, age 10, enumerated. Nancy is a daughter, but
I do not believe the other two are their children.
But at the same time there is a daughter younger than
Nancy who is not enumerated in the household. It
appears as though various children moved through the
household and not all of them were sons/daughters.
An article in "Genealogical and Personal History of
Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol. 3" by John Woolf
Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, 1912,
page 887 gives a clue as to David's family.
- Phoebe was born abt 1812 in Fayette County, married George Stickel, appears in the 1850 and 1860 censuses without George who died circa 1848. - Margaret was born May 7, 1817 in Fayette County, married Joseph Hough, appears in 1850 South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County census which included sister Rebecca, lived out her life in Westmoreland County. - Anne was born abt 1821 in Fayette County, married Daniel Harper, found in 1850 Monongahela Township, Washington County census, then 1860 North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County census. - Charity was born June 5, 1821 in Fayette County, married Jacob Hough, found in 1850 Perry Township, Fayette County census, then thereafter in Washington Township, Fayette County censuses. - Rebecca was born abt 1831 in Fayette County, married William McClain, found in 1850 through 1880 South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County censuses. - Nancy was born July 10, 1833 in Fayette County, found with mother in 1850 census, married Abner McClain, found in Westmoreland County censuses thereafter. - Rachel was born January 8, 1834 in Fayette County, married 1st Absolom Stickel, found in 1850 Franklin Township, Fayette County and 1860 Van Buren County, Iowa censuses, married 2nd Franklin Francis Villier, found in Madison County, Iowa censuses thereafter. David died about 1851. A
letter dated June 6, 1859 from nephew John Forsythe in
Davis County, Iowa to cousin Thomas Forsythe in Fayette
County states, "I will now give you a list of our Ohio
friends. Unkel John Forsythe and family.
They all landed in Iowa the Fall before we did.
Unkel John is dead. He died the same day that we
left the Guyon's House for Iowa (remember they migrated
in 1855). He died verry sudden about the way Unkel David died".
Charlotte died between 1850 and 1860. Their grave
location is unknown.
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vi. | Hannah Forsythe,
born Abt. 1788 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1807; married ? McKenna; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
Hannah is an heir in Thomas' will -
"Seventh I do also allow my Daughter Hannah McKennea Ten
Pounts to be paid in like Manner of the rest, all at
their Mothers Death..." Nothing else is known of
this daughter. No McKenna has been found in the
censuses of that era and area. From the Forsythe
Book the letter from John Forsythe of Davis County, Iowa
to his cousin Thomas Forsythe in Fayette County dated
June 6, 1859 mentions people from the old home area who
have ended up in Iowa and includes "John McClinon and
his family is well...John McClinon has bought 80 akers
of improved land one mile from where we live. (It
is a) verry good farm." Could this be the McKenna
mentioned in the will? There are no McClinon
surnames in the Iowa census index in 1860 nor is there
any McClinon in the WPA grave listings. There is a
John C. McClelland, age 42 (born abt. 1818) and born in
Pennsylvania, living in Marion Township, Davis County,
Iowa in dwelling #258 (Thomas Forsythe is in dwelling
#256 and John Forsythe is in dwelling #257). The
1856 State of Iowa census shows John McClelland living
more tightly with the Glassburner clan. Could this
be a son of Hannah McKenna? Or is it that he
mentions John McClelland because the family was from
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, or because his wife
was possibly a Morrow, or because his wife's mother,
Barbary, was a Glassburner and aunt to Christian
Glassburner who married Eliza Jane Forsythe? He
also mentioned "the old man Stall and his family" in the
previous sentence, and John Stahl was living in Davis
County, Iowa, near John Forsythe, and John Stahl was
Barbary Glassburner's second husband.
Unfortunately it appears this is not a son of Hannah as
the 1850 Mississinewa Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania census (page 260B)shows John and his
family, including his widowed mother Eleanor.
The Tyrone Township, Fayette County
tax lists do show some names that resemble
McKenna. In the 1795 and 1797-1801 tax lists there
is an Arthur McKenn/McCan/McCann, in 1796 and 1798 a
William McKiney, in 1797 a George McKinney, and in
1799-1801 there is Cain McKinney. Any of those
names could be what was meant by McKenna in the will,
but nothing firm to indicate this to actually be the
case.
Hannah's birth date has been
estimated based on placement among her siblings and the
fact that she was married by the writing of Thomas'
will.
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132 | vii. | Thomas Forsythe, Jr.,
born December 23, 1791 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died January 18, 1872 in Davis County, Iowa;
married Elizabeth ?.
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viii. | Mary/Polly
Forsythe, born Abt. 1793 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died Abt. 1847 in Perry Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania; married Moses Wilkinson Abt. 1815 in
probably Fayette County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1790 in
Pennsylvania; died 1858 in Perry Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania.
Mary is identified in Thomas' will
as Polly - "I do allow my Daughter Polly When she comes
of age to have One Cow and a Bed and Bedding and Ten
Pounds to be paid at her Mothers Deth." It is
assumed she was born before 1800 as the 1800 Tyrone
Township Thomas Forsith census (page 605) contained 2
females under the age of 10 and Mary and Sarah are the
only two unaccounted for earlier. In the 1810
Tyrone Township census (page 235) Nancy has one female
age 16 to 26 (Mary) and 1 female age 10 to 16 (Sarah) at
home yet.
According to the great granddaughter
of Mary Ann Wilkinson, born January 11, 1833, Mary Ann's
parents are identified in her death certificate as Moses
and Mary A. Forsythe Wilkinson. In the 1820
Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania census
(page 121) for Moses Wilkinson, Mary appears in the of
16 and under 26 age group. For Moses in 1830
Washington Township (page 263) and in 1840 Perry
Township, Fayette County (page 5) Mary is in an age
group where she was born between 1790 and 1800.
Only the 1810 (1784-1794) and 1820 (1794-1804) censuses
seem at odds. Either Mary is a twin of Ezekial
born in 1794 or she is born one side or the other of
him. I think if she had been born in approximately
1797 it would have been clear in 1810 that she was in
the 10 to 16 age group whereas if she were born in 1793
then it would have been easy to misplace her in the
16-24 age group.
In the 1840 census, there are 9
children enumerated. Glen Swartz in the RootsWeb
World Connect database "glen_swartz" states research by
Don Shoaf has identified what he feels are 11 children
born to Moses and Mary (4 boys, 7 girls), with the first
child born about 1817. With that knowledge I
estimate they married in about 1815, another reason for
suggesting a birth date of 1793. His list includes
the last child that was possibly born to Moses and Mary
as born in 1847, hence my estimate for her death date of
about 1847. Moses died in 1858 (Fayette County,
Pennsylvania Wills Book 3, pages 317-318, no. 21).
Know that much of the vital
information for Mary is supposition on my part.
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ix. | Ezekiel Forsythe,
Sr., born June 02, 1794 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died June 14, 1845 in Tyrone Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania; married Mary Ann Bird Abt. 1817-1818
in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; born December 24, 1799 in
Pennsylvania; died June 14, 1879 in Perry Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania.
Ezekiel is an heir in Thomas' will -
"of the rest I do allow ... my son Ezekiel the other
half of all My Lands Good and Chattels Each to be
Equel shares of all at their Mothers Death and said ...
Ezekiel is to pay all the Above Mentioned Legacyes to
the rest". From the Forsythe Book "Ezekiel
Forsythe, the youngest son of Thomas and Nancy Parker
Forsythe, was born June 2, 1794 in Tyrone Township,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was raised on the
Thomas Fosythe homestead."
The Tyrone Township tax lists show
Ezekiel Forsythe in 1814 as "not of age" and 160 acres,
in 1815-1817 as single, 160 acres valued at 960, in 1818
160 acres (no longer listed as single), and in 1821-1837
as farmer, 80 acres (from the division of land his
father left him by will), plus horses and cattle.
This would suggest, along with their first child being
born May 5, 1819, Ezekiel was married in late 1817 or
early 1818. Ezekiel Forsyth is found in the 1820
Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania census
(page 144). The woman age 45 and above is presumed
to be his mother Nancy. He is also found in the
1830 Tyrone Township census (page 268) and the 1840
Perry Township census (page 245). Ezekiel died on
June 14, 1845, still living on his half of the original
Forsythe homestead.
The Forsythe Book states, "In the
1790 Fayette County Federal census, a Samuel Burd is
listed as head of a family. But he is not found on
either the 1800 or 1810 census. We are not sure if
Mary Ann Bird Forsythe was or was not part of the Samuel
Burd family." While I did not find Samuel Burd in
1790, I did find Samuel Burd in 1800 Tyrone Township
(page 604) and Samuel Bird in 1810 Tyrone Township (page
233). Samuel is not found in Fayette County in
1820, but Samuel Bird with children that seem to fit the
right age categories is found in Lackawannock Township,
Mercer County, Pennsylvania (page 64). It is not
known if this is Mary Ann's father, but the census
enumerations certainly fit her birth date and location.
In the 1850 Perry Township census
(page 262A) Mary Forsythe appears to be living on the 80
acres of the original Forsythe homestead with the census
showing real estate with the value of $1,600. She
is living next to brother-in-law David Forsythe and has
three sons yet at home - Daniel, age 18, Ezkael, age 16,
and John, age 10. In the 1860 Perry Township Mary
A Forsyeth is shown with real estate valued at $2,000
and son Ezekel, age 22 and laborer, and son John, age 21
and Cropper. She is not found in the 1870 census
and her will written August 22, 1872 was proved July 12,
1879 (Fayette County, Pennsylvania Wills Book 5, page
220). Mary Ann as included in the U.S. Federal
Census Mortality Schedule, 1880. She died June 14,
1879. She and Ezekiel had 5 girls and 6 sons.
Ezekiel Sr.'s estate papers give some
insight into his family. The first entry is from
FHL film #00861071 Orphans Court Records, Vol. 4
1844-1851, page 164 June Court 1847 item #11 "Forsythe
Ezekiel decd. On the petition of Mary A. Forsythe
widow of Ezekiel Forsythe late of Perry Township County
aforesaid decd. signified by the paper hereto
attached. Setting forth, That the said Ezekiel
Forsythe died leaving issue several children two of whom
to wit Ezekiel & John are minors under the age of
fourteen years & have no person legally appointed to
take charge of their persons & estates. She
therefore prays your Honors to appoint some suitable
person as Guardian for the purpose aforesaid - see paper
filed with this petition whereupon the Court appoint
Solomon Hough guardian of the said Ezekiel Forsythe
& John Forsythe upon giving bond in $600. Bond
approved & filed."
Same record, item #12 "Forsythe
Ezekiel decd. On the petition of Henry Forsythe
& Daniel Forsythe minor sons of Ezekiel Forsythe
late of Perry Township in Fayette Co decd. Setting
forth that your petitioners are minors above the age of
fourteen years & have no person appointed to take
charge of their persons & estates they therefore
pray you Honours to admit them to make choice of a
guardian for the purposes aforesaid. The
petitioners being admitted chooses Solomon Hough who is
approved of & appointed by the Court guardian of
said Ezekiel Forsythe & John Forsythe minors as
aforesaid upon giving security in $600. Bond
approved & filed."
FHL film #00861071 Orphans Court
Records, Vol. 4 1844-1851, page 170 June Court 1847 item
#30 "Forsythe Ezekiel decd. Martin Elwell
administrator of the estate of Ezekiel Forsythe decd
appears in Court & produces an account of his
administration duly passed before the Register shewing a
balance in the hands of the accountant of five hundred
& twenty seven dollars & 95 3/4 cts which
account on due examination the Court approve &
confirm etc. Sept. 6, 1847 Martin Elwell the above named
accountant files the rect (i.e. receipt) of May Forsythe
widow for $175.98 cts in full of her share of the above
& Same day rect of Solomon Hough Guardian of Henry
Daniel Ezekiel & John Forsythe for $175.98 in full
of their share & at same time filed the rects of
Sarah David Thomas Forsythe & Jacob Smith ___
___ his wife for $43.99 cts each in full of their shares
of the above."
FHL film #00861071 Orphans Court
Records, Vol. 6 1860-1864, page 322-23, 426 March Court
1864 item 64 "Ezekiel Forsythe decd To the
Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court for the County
of Fayette. The petition of Ezekiel Forsythe, of
South Huntingdon Township in the County of Westmoreland,
one of the children and lineal descendant of Ezekiel
Forsythe, late of Perry township, in said County of
Fayette, deceased, Respectfully Showeth That that the
said Ezekiel Forsythe died on the fifteenth day of June
A.D. 1845 intestate leaving a widow named Mary, who is
living, and resides in said township of Perry, and Eight
children, viz: your petitioner Ezekiel Forsythe, and
Susan, intermarried with Jacob Smith, both of whom
reside in said township of South Huntingdon, and David
Forsythe, who resides in Rostraver township in Said
County of Westmoreland, and Thomas Forsythe, Henry
Forsythe, Daniel Forsythe, John Forsythe, and Sarah, who
is intermarried with Noah Armstrong, all of whom reside
all of whom reside in said Township of Perry and all of
said children and lineal decendants are of full
age. That the said decedent Ezekiel Forsythe, died
seized in fee of and in a certain tract, lot or piece or
parcel of land, lying and situate in said township of
Perry, adjoining lands of the heirs of Solomon Hough,
Joseph Hough, Thomas Forsythe, David Sechrist, heirs of
John Newcomer, and of Solomon & John Zezing.
Said tract of land contains seventy four acres.
That no partition or valuation of said Estate having
been made, your petitioner requests the Court to be
pleased to award an Inquest to make partition of the
premises aforesaid to and among the representatives of
the said intestate in such manner and in such
proportions as by the laws of this Commonwealth is
directed, if such partition can be made without
prejudice to or Spoiling the whole but if such partition
cannot be made thereof, then to value and appraise the
same, and to make return of their proceedings according
to law. And now to wit March 18th, 1864 Inquest
awarded, and writ issued. P. Thomas Brownfield
high Sheriff of the County of Fayette. To the
Judges of the Said County, in the writ to this schedule
annexed, mentioned, Do Certify, that by virtue of the
said writ to me directed. On the 6th day of May in
the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and Sixty four
taking with me the Jurors whose names and Seal are
hereunto attached, good and lawful men of my
Bailiwick. I went in my proper person to the
premises mentioned in said writ, the parties to the same
being severally warned, and as many as choose being
present, and the good and lawful men aforesaid upon
their Oaths and affirmations, do say that the property
described in said writ cannot be parted or divided
without prejudice to or spoiling the whole.
...(complete legal description of tract)... Therefore
they do Value and appraise the same at $20.75 per Acre
amounting in all to the sum of Fifteen hundred and fifty
one 58/100 dollars. In Testimony whereof as well
as I the said Sheriff, as the Jurors aforesaid to this
Inquisition have fixed our hands and Seals the day and
year above mentioned."
Signatories being Thos. Brownfheld, Sheriff, Geo. Hagerman, Michael Layton, John Aspey, Robert Bleakley, John Greyson, H. F. Layton, J. K. McDonald, Adam Hesinbaugh(?), Paul H. Hough, Martin Ellwell, Wm. J. Ghrist, and William Cochran. The Court ordered the sale of the
above real estate and appointed Martin Elwell, Trustee
to make the sale. As a continuation - "And now
Decr 3d 1873, Deed from Jos. Beatty Clerk of the Orphans
Court in and for the County of Fayette. To John
Forsythe and the heirs of Noah Armstrong decd for
Seventy four acres and one hundred and twenty four
perches of land in Perry township acknowledged in open
Court, (Said Deed having been made and executed, in
pursuance of a decee of the Court, made on the 4th day
of Sept A.D. 1873 at No. 46 Sept,Court 1873) Dec.
15, 1904 thirteen receipts filed. viz: - one from Annie
Smith heir of Susannah Smith dated Mch. 9, 1889 for
$18.84; one from Thomas Forsythe dated Feby. 12, 1880
for $104.93; one from Joseph Smith heir of Susannah
Smith dated Jany 3, 1881, for $13.82; one from Maria
Hough, dated Feby. 14, 1880 for $13.12 heir of Susannah
Smith; one from Mary E. Moore, heir of Sarah Armstrong,
dated Feby 14, 1880 for $17.48; one from Rebecca J.
Grimsley, heir of same, dated Feby 14, 1880 for $17.48,
one from Sadie R. Smith heir of Susannah Smith, dated
Oct. 22, 1884 for $16.12; one from Jacob Smith dated
April 7, 1890, for $12.00; one from Daniel F. Rhoades,
guardian of the minor children of Sarah Armstrong, dated
Jany 28, 1880 for $69.29 (See page 426)"
"[Continued from page 323] [No. 64 March Court 1864] one from Ezekiel Forsythe, dated Feby. 12, 1880, for $104.93; one from Katharine Knight, heir of Susannah Smtih, dated Feby 14, 1880, for $13.12; one from Henry Forsythe, dated Feby 12, 1880, for $104.93; and one from Daniel Forsythe dated Feby. 12, 1880, for $104.93. (See schedule of Distribution at Auditors Report. Auditors Report Docket No. 1 page 74)" The estate papers give some expanded
views of the children of Ezekiel Sr., especially his
daughters Sarah and Susan/Susannah, and perhaps better
than a will since the dates of receipts for payments
made to some of the heirs gives a clue as to approximate
dates of death. For example, Susan was identified
as married to Jacob Smith and residing in South
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. The
earliest receipt from a couple of her heirs was dated
February 14, 1880 identifying a date by which we know
Susan had died. The 1850 thru 1870 censuses show
the Jacob Smith family in South Huntingdon Township with
combined children of Mariah, Mary, Henry, Catharine,
Joseph, David, Sadie, Anna, and William. By 1870
Susan in no longer listed and by 1880, when marital
status is recorded for the first time, Jacob is shown as
a widower. An additional benefit is that some of
the daughters are shown as heirs with their married
name.
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x. | Sarah/Sally
Forsythe, born Abt. 1797-1798 in Tyrone Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
Sarah is identified in Thomas' will
as Sally - "I do also allow My Daughter Sally One Cow
and a Bed and Bedding when she comes of Age and Ten
Pounds to be paid in like Manner of the rest (at her
Mothers Death)." In the 1800 Tyrone Township
Thomas Forsith census (page 605) Sarah is one of the 2
females under the age of 10. In the 1810 Tyrone
Township census (page 235) Nancy has one female age 16
to 26 (Mary) and 1 female age 10 to 16 (Sarah) at home
yet. With the latter census, Sarah would have been
born 1794 to 1800. Her birth date is simply an
estimate based on approximate spacing of births of her
siblings. No other information is known about this
daughter.
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272. Robert Elder, Sr., born Abt.
1769 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died November
30, 1835 in Jackson County, Ohio. He was the son of 544. Thomas
Elder. He married 273.
Mary A. Dempsey 1789 in Pennsylvania.
273. Mary A. Dempsey, born June 28,
1775 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania; died July 25, 1867 in Knoxville, Orange
Township, Knox County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 546. Cornelius
Dempsey I and 547. Anne Iddings.
Children of Robert Elder and Mary Dempsey are: |
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i. | Mary R. Elder, born
Abt. 1789 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died
October 20, 1842 in Jackson County, Ohio; married Nicholas
Anthony Abt. 1808 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania;
born February 05, 1786 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon
County, New Jersey; died June 1864 in Rawles Township, Mills
County, Iowa.
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ii. | Anna D. Elder, born
Abt. 1792 in East Buffaloe Township, Notthumberland Co.,
Pennsylvania; died April 04, 1874 in Milo Township, Delaware
County, Iowa; married John Garret Shreck Aft. 1811; born
Abt. 1789 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died June 13,
1857 in Milo Township, Delaware County, Iowa.
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iii. | Thomas Elder, born
about 1794 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania; died after 1870 in Illinois; married (1)
Hannah Semans June 24, 1813 in Ross County, Ohio; born about
1796 in Kentucky; died before August 1859 in Illinois; (2)
Catharine Showine August 15, 1859 in Schuyler County,
Illinois; born about 1807 in Virginia; died before April
1867 in Schuyler County, Illinois; (3) Mary Elizabeth
Daniels April 11, 1867 in Schuyler County, Illinois; born
about 1812 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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iv. | Isabella Elder,
born 1796 in Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1880 in Jackson County,
Ohio; married Daniel Exline May 03, 1814 in Ross County,
Ohio; born 1787 in Virginia; died August 27, 1851 in Jackson
County, Ohio.
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v. | Elizabeth Elder,
born March 28, 1800 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania; died June 16, 1887 in Carroll County,
Iowa; married Eli Westfall before 1824 in Jackson County,
Ohio; born about 1798 in Virginia; died between July 12,
1870 and 1873 in Stark County, Illinois.
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vi. | Jane Elder, born
about 1804 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Robert Phillips March
21, 1830 in Jackson County, Ohio; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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136 | vii. | Robert Elder, Jr.,
born Abt. 1807 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died
Aft. 1880; married Rachel McKinnis Bef. 1828 in Jackson
County, Ohio.
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viii. | Lydia Elder, born
February 8, 1809 in Buffaloe Township, Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania; died January 16, 1885 in Elk Township,
Vinton County, Ohio; married (1) Benjamin Stevens November
24, 1831 in Jackson County, Ohio; born May 10, 1810 in Ohio;
died between July 30 and August 13, 1850 in Vinton County,
Ohio; (2) Jeremiah Mikesell February 13, 1852 in Vinton
County, Ohio; born about 1824 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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ix. | Margaret Elder,
born about 1811 in Clinton Township, Jackson County, Ohio;
died about 1840 in Jackson County, Ohio; married James
Jefferson Anderson about 1828 in Milton Township, Jackson
County, Ohio; born 1806 in Clinton Township, Jackson County,
Ohio; died between 1845 and 1848 in Jackson County, Ohio.
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x. | Nancy Ann Elder,
born September 22, 1814 in Ohio; died 1891 in Knoxville,
Knox County, Illinois; married Elkanah Moore April 18, 1844
in Knox County, Illinois; born January 18, 1812 in Kentucky;
died March 24, 1890 in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois.
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xi. | Cornelius Dempsey
Elder, Sr., born March 28, 1816 in Jackson County, Ohio;
died February 11, 1887 in Leavenworth County, Kansas;
married Sarah Hueston May 19, 1842 in Jackson County, Ohio;
born January 02, 1824 in Ohio; died January 17, 1892 in
Leavenworth County, Kansas.
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xii. | Sarah Elder, born
Abt. 1819 in Jackson County, Ohio; died 1858 in Knox County,
Illinois; married Zachariah Stevens November 28, 1839 in
Jackson County, Ohio; born December 21, 1815 in Ohio; died
February 25, 1884 in Vinton County, Ohio.
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274. Charles McKinnis, Jr., born
October 14, 1780 in Pitt Township, Westmorland County,
Pennsylvania; died March 29, 1837 in Coal Township,
Jackson County, Ohio. He was the son of 548. Charles
McKinnis, Sr. and 549.
Rachel Carr.
He married 275. Martha Craner
Abt. 1800 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
275. Martha Craner, born 1778 in
North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; died August 24, 1864 in Washington Township,
Jackson County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 550. Philip
Criner and 551. Agnes Fulton.
Children of Charles McKinnis and Martha Craner are: |
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i. | Clarissa McKinnis,
born 1801 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died 1883; married
Henry Wilson April 18, 1822 in Pike County, Ohio; born 1791;
died 1874.
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ii. | Joseph McKinnis,
born June 30, 1801 in Butler County, Pennsylvania; died
October 26, 1879 in Clinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio;
married (1) Louisa Shearer December 02, 1824 in Jackson
County, Ohio; born February 24, 1806 in Massachusetts; died
June 28, 1862 in Clinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio;
married (2) Elizabeth Castor November 06, 1864 in Vinton
County, Ohio; born Abt. 1801; died Unknown.
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iii. | Charles M. McKinnis
III, born May 10, 1803 in Pennsylvania; died September 24,
1884 in Jackson County, Ohio; married Sophia Emory December
15, 1831 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio; born June 03,
1809 in Canada; died April 09, 1891.
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iv. | Nancy McKinnis,
born 1807; died 1836; married George Leach Bef. 1828; born
February 25, 1803 in [West] Virginia; died February 12, 1881
in Jackson Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
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137 | v. | Rachel McKinnis,
born June 18, 1809 in Pennsylvania; died August 24, 1867 in
Soap Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa; married Robert
Elder, Jr. Bef. 1828 in Jackson County, Ohio.
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vi. | Philip McKinnis,
Sr., born 1812 in Ohio; died 1879 in Otterbein, Benton
County, Indiana; married (1) Margaret McMullin February 23,
1837 in Pike County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown in
Omega, Ohio; married (2) Rachel Wolfer October 02, 1845 in
Warren County, Indiana; born 1825; died 1873 in Otterbein,
Benton County, Indiana.
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vii. | Robert McKinnis,
Sr., born April 14, 1814 in Ohio; died 1886 in Utica, York
County, Nebraska; married Susan Burnside May 12, 1837 in
Jackson County, Ohio; born 1817 in Ohio; died 1896 in Utica,
York County, Nebraska.
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viii. | George Washington
McKinnis, born August 05, 1816 in Jackson County, Ohio; died
December 11, 1890 in Otterbein, Benton County, Indiana;
married Lucinda Leach October 03, 1839 in Jackson County,
Ohio; born March 11, 1820 in Jackson County, Ohio; died
August 08, 1898 in Otterbein, Benton County, Indiana.
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ix. | Craner McKinnis,
born 1817 in Ohio; died Unknown in Knoxville, Marion County,
Iowa; married Katherine Trusler September 08, 1842 in
Jackson County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown in
Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa.
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x. | Granville M.
McKinnis, born September 23, 1823 in near Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio; died March 08, 1898 in Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio; married Mary Permelia Cassidy July 02, 1846 in
Jackson County, Ohio; born April 19, 1825; died January 08,
1894 in Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio.
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Children of ? Baker are: |
138 | i. | Benjamin Baker,
born Abt. 1803 in New York; died 1869 in Jackson County,
Ohio; married Lucia Phinney Abt. 1829.
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ii. | possibly Ira Baker,
born 1810 in New York; died 1886 in Indiana; married (1)
Elizabeth Darling July 07, 1833 in Jackson County, Ohio;
born 1812 in Ohio; died 1852 in Ohio; married (2) Catherine
Kenard 1868; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | possibly Henry
Baker, born Unknown; died Unknown; married Catherine Adams
November 21, 1828 in Jackson County, Ohio; born Unknown;
died Unknown.
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278. Apollus Finney, Sr., born Abt.
1766; died 1823 in Broome County, New York. He was the son
of 556. Charles Finney
and 557. Anne Campbell.
He married 279. Phoebe Buck
Abt. 1790.
Children of Apollus Finney and Phoebe Buck are: |
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i. | Charles Phinney,
Sr., born February 17, 1798; died February 17, 1880; married
Julia Ann Parker Abt. 1850; born April 14, 1824; died
October 02, 1905.
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ii. | Alfred Finney, born
Abt. 1800; died Unknown.
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iii. | Anson Finney, born
January 20, 1802; died May 23, 1858; married (1) Lucy
Maynard Abt. 1827; born March 02, 1804; died March 16, 1846;
married (2) Phoebe Alworth January 03, 1847; born Abt. 1810;
died Unknown.
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iv. | Apollus Phinney,
Jr., born Abt. 1804; died Unknown.
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v. | Ebenezer Phinney,
born Abt. 1806; died Unknown; married Nancy Rogers; born
Abt. 1806; died Unknown.
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vi. | Nathan Newell
Phinney, born August 23, 1810; died June 09, 1861; married
(1) Polly Prentice December 15, 1832; born Bet. 1793 - 1817;
died March 25, 1838; married (2) Milinda Emily Ballard
November 15, 1838; born February 07, 1818; died November 03,
1908.
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vii. | Nelson Phinney,
born Abt. 1810; died Unknown; married Hannah ?; born Bet.
1784 - 1827; died Unknown.
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viii. | Marcia Phinney,
born Abt. 1812; died Unknown.
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139 | ix. | Lucia Phinney, born
May 8, 1815 in New York; died November 21, 1912 in Van Buren
County, Iowa; married Benjamin Baker Abt. 1829.
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280. Nathan Tharp, Sr., born August
13, 1781 in Culpepper County, Virginia; died August 1814
in Champaign County, Ohio. He was the son of 560. Solomon
Tharp and 561. Hannah Tate.
He married 281. Sarah/Sally ?
August 1804 in Virginia.
Children of Nathan Tharp and Sarah/Sally ? are: |
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i. | Henry D. Tharp,
born Abt. 1804 in South Carolina; died Unknown; married
Susannah Moots December 11, 1825 in Zanesfield, Jefferson
Township, Logan County, Ohio; born Abt. 1802 in Zanesfield,
Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio; died Unknown.
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ii. | William Tharp, born
Abt. 1806 in South Carolina; died Unknown; married Lucy
Hildrith September 1830 in Champaign County, Ohio; born Abt.
1807 in Maine; died Unknown.
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140 | iii. | Abner Tharp, born
Abt. 1807 in South Carolina; died February 04, 1851 in
Savannah, Davis County, Iowa; married Sarah Moots December
20, 1829 in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan County,
Ohio.
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iv. | Nathan Tharp, Jr.,
born May 21, 1810 in Logan County, Ohio; died Bef. 1848 in
Cass County, Michigan; married Elizabeth White December 06,
1838 in Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan; born Abt.
1815 in Ohio; died Unknown
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v. | Mariah Tharp, born
March 05, 1811 in Logan County, Ohio; died April 21, 1883;
married Tillman Longfellow March 01, 1833 in Logan County,
Ohio; born 1812 in Ohio; died Unknown.
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vi. | Solomon Tharp, born
Abt. 1812 in Champaign County, Ohio; died August 26, 1847 in
Cass County, Michigan; married Lorana Charlotte Loomis
September 07, 1845 in Jefferson Township, Cass County,
Michigan; born Abt. 1824 in New York; died Unknown.
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282. Conrad Moots, born April 30,
1775 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died
November 19, 1853 in Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio.
He was the son of 564. Johan Michael Matz
and 565. Elizabeth Linksweiler.
He married 283. Anna Elizabeth
Linksweiler April 20, 1797 in Huntington County,
Pennsylvania.
283. Anna Elizabeth Linksweiler,
born December 26, 1776 in Germany; died July 02, 1861 in
Logan County, Ohio.
Children of Conrad Moots and Anna Linksweiler are: |
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i. | Susannah Moots,
born Abt. 1802 in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan
County, Ohio; died Unknown; married Henry D. Tharp December
11, 1825 in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan County,
Ohio; born Abt. 1804 in South Carolina; died Unknown.
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ii. | John L. Moots, born
1803 in Ohio; died March 26, 1864 in Marion Township, Davis
County, Iowa; married (2) Juliann Simmons; born Unknown;
died Unknown; married (3) E. C. ?; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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iii. | Daniel Moots, born
October 12, 1805 in Ross County, Ohio; died Unknown.
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iv. | Philip Moots, born
October 12, 1805 in Ross County, Ohio; died January 09, 1899
in Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio; married Eliza Jane
Moots March 23, 1837 in Logan County, Ohio; born April 11,
1819 in Pickaway County, Ohio; died March 11, 1899 in Logan
County, Ohio.
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v. | George M. Moots,
born December 13, 1808 in Logan County, Ohio; died February
21, 1889 in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa; married
Mary Moots January 28, 1833 in Champaign County, Ohio; born
1813 in Ross County, Ohio; died 1873 in Marion Township,
Davis County, Iowa.
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141 | vi. | Sarah Moots, born
May 12, 1811 in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan
County, Ohio; died March 08, 1905 in Ogden, Weber County,
Utah; married Abner Tharp December 20, 1829 in Zanesfield,
Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio.
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vii. | Charles Moots, born
Abt. 1815 in Logan County, Ohio; died Unknown; married Mary
Gable December 06, 1842 in Logan County, Ohio; born Abt.
1827 in Pennsylvania; died November 06, 1873 in Monroe
Township, Ohio.
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viii. | Nancy Moots, born
Abt. 1822 in Logan County, Ohio; died Unknown; married
Hammond Cullum March 01, 1854 in Logan County, Ohio; born
Abt. 1817 in Ohio; died Unknown.
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ix. | Christina Moots,
born December 16, 1812 in Ohio; died April 09, 1879 in
Mexico, Missouri; married Winfield I. Edmonston November 07,
1839 in Logan County, Ohio; born August 26, 1815 in Prince
Georges County, Maryland; died November 17, 1892 in Mexico,
Missouri.
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284. William Sidwell, born Abt. 1768
in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died Bet. 1838 - 1840 in
Fayette County, Illinois. He was the son of 568. Richard
Sidwell and 569. Frances Brown.
He married 285. Mary Key March
12, 1791 in Greene County, North Carolina (current day
Tennessee).
Notes for
William Sidwell, Sr.:
William's story begins with his
parent's decision to move from Chester County,
Pennsylvania back to North Carolina. The first
communication on the subject occurred in the July 29,
1769 Nottingham minutes of Chester County whereby,
"West Nottingham Informs this Meeting that Richard
Sidwell Removed himself and family to Carolina last
fall, without Settleing with his Crediters,
Joseph Brown and Henry Reynolds Jur. are Appointed to
Inspect into the case more fully & Report to Next
Meeting." The underlining is my doing.
Subsequent communications listed their children as
Hannah, Ruth, Elizabeth, John & William, in that
order. A P.S. was added to the message stating,
"as the three Eldest were Born in Carolina,..." thus
leaving John and William as born in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. That is confirmed when comparing
to the minutes of the East Nottingham, Chester County
meeting of October 3, 1761 where the incoming children
of Richard and Frances are listed as Hannah, Ruth,
Susannah, & Elizabeth. Since the family
exited Chester County in the fall of 1768, that
suggests William was born no later than early to
mid-1768.
Sometime around 1789-90, or earlier
based on when Richard and Frances moved, William left
Guilford County, North Carolina for western North
Carolina territory that would become the state of
Tennessee on June 1, 1796. On March 7, 1791
William married Mary Key in Greene County.
From Greene County they are found in
Knox County, western North Carolina Territory when it
was formed in 1792. This may not have required a
move on their part depending on where in Greene county
they lived and whether that was the part that formed
part of the new Knox County. He is found in Knox
County serving as a private in the local frontier
militia of the Territory South of the Ohio under the
command of Capt. John Menefee for protection from
Indian attacks. He served September 11-15 1792
for $.50 pay and May 31-June 14, 1794 for $11.25
pay. In 1790 North Carolina ceded her western
territorial land to the young Federal Government, at
which time it became known as the Territory South of
the River Ohio. To protect themselves from the
dangers of the frontier, a territorial militia was
instituted and when Knox became a county in 1792 it
was known as the Knox County Regiment, Hamilton
District Militia, Territory South of the Ohio.
The expectation was that any able bodied male 18 and
older would serve to protect the frontier communities
and this is what William volunteered for.
This area was a frontier, and church
formation always lagged people entering new
territory. It was not until May 20, 1797 that
the Lost Creek Monthly Meeting of the Quaker church
was established near the present day town of New
Market, Tennessee. That is right on the border
with Knox County, near where William and Mary had
settled. When his parents moved the family from
Pennsylvania back to North Carolina and were disowned
because of financial mismanagement, the recommendation
from the Pennsylvania meeting was to disown the
parents but allow the children to be part of the
Society in North Carolina. William must have
benefited from that as the minutes of the June 1797
Cane Creek meeting in North Carolina reports "Also
Complains of William Sidwell for accomplishing
marriage Out of Unity, Jacob Marchill is therefore
Appointed to produce a testimony Against him to next
meeting." The July 1 meeting reports "The friend
Appointed to prepare A testimony Against William
Sidwell hath produced one which was approved of &
Signed, Hugh Maxwell is appointed to Send a Copy
thereof to the montly meeting of lost Creek."
The September 23, 1797 meeting of Lost Creek records
they received the testimony from Cane Creek and
instructed he be informed of the decision to disown
him. These actions were likely initiated by
William wishing to transfer his membership from Cane
Creek to Lost Creek.
While I have no proof at this time they
are siblings, it appears 4 siblings may have joined
William in Knox County in this time frame. The
following Sidwell marriages occurred in Knox County:
Rachel Sidwell (John Bryan security) married Joseph
Williams March 20, 1797, Isaac Sidwell (Joseph Sidwell
security) married Elizabeth Conn Jamuary 27, 1798,
Fanny Sidwell (Joseph Sidwell security) married
William Brown February 26, 1798, and Joseph Sidwell
(William Davison security) married Margaret Hutchinson
September 15, 1798. This assumption seems
entirely feasible in light of father Richard appearing
in Hawkins County at least by 1793 and two other
siblings making the same move. While children
who might have been born after Richard and Frances
were disowned by the Quaker Society and were not
members of the Society of Friends, the following
children were born prior to that action and were
recorded as members of the Society. Sister
Hannah married James Davison, Jr. December 29, 1777 in
Guilford County, North Carolina, then March 07, 1795
the family received a certificate to transfer from
Cane Creek Meeting to Westfield Monthly Meeting
followed by a transfer to Lost Creek Meeting in
January 1812. Settlement by Friends in Greene
County, Tennessee began as early as 1784 while
Westfield Monthly Meeting was not established until
1786 it was thought to be most convenient for
Tennessee Friends to have their membership.
Sister Ruth married William Davison (brother to James
Davison, Jr. and security for Joseph Sidwell marriage
bond) November 30, 1778 in Guilford County, North
Carolina, then the family got a certificate November
07, 1795 to move from Cane Creek Meeting to Newhope
Meeting in Greene County, Tennessee followed by a
transfer to Lost Creek Meeting in October 1798.
It is likely the two Davison families migrated to the
same area of Greene County in the same time frame and
at a much earlier time than what 1795 and 1798 dates
indicate. That is suggested by William's
marriage date, Richard's settlement dates, and the
fact that the later dates were more a result of when
the Monthly Meetings were created than when the
families moved to the area.
The next move for William and family
was circa 1799-1800 and just across the state line to
assume a 190 acre land grant surveyed September 15,
1800 and located on Illwill Creek in Cumberland
County, Kentucky. This land grant was among the
Grants South of Green River as described in Adam
Guthrie's narrative in generation 6. Illwill
Creek was in eastern Cumberland County at the time,
and fell in Clinton County when it was formed in part
from Cumberland County in 1836. According to
tradition, Illwill Creek was so named when pioneers at
the site retreated reluctantly (with an "ill will") to
hostile Indians as told in "From Red Hot to Monkey's
Eyebrow: Unusual Kentucky Place Names" by Robert M.
Rennick, University Press of Kentucky, 2013, pp
9-10. Presumed brother Joseph Sr. followed later
when he assumed a 100 acre land grant on Illwill Creek
surveyed on June 26, 1805. 1805 was also the
year that father Adam and sons James, Thomas and
George Guthrie/GuthreyGuthry/Gurhtery settled on
Illwill Creek. George Guthrie's daughter Mary
and William Sidwell's son David Sr. would marry to
continue my ancestral line. It is possible
Joseph Sr. delayed his move until after his parents
died. William and Polly (Mary) are listed on the
membership of the Sinking Springs Baptist Church in
1805 and again in 1806 when he was also appointed
clerk of the church. Evidently being disowned by
the Quakers led him to membership in the Baptist
church, which continued with his sons David and Isaac
into Iowa. In 1806 he is listed as owning an
additional 100 acres surveyed on Sulpher Lick of Obey
Creek and in 1813 he sold some of his land to a Warren
Sams. They continued farming on the remainder of
their land until approximately 1828, when William and
Mary and a couple of their children, David Sr. being
one, moved to Fayette County, Illinois.
The 1830 Fayette County, Illinois
census, page 245, line 14 shows the Wm Sidwell
household, with one male age 60 through 70 (born
1761-1770) and one female age 50 through 59 (born
1771-1880). Also in the household is a female
age 20 through 29 (born 1801-1810) which would have
been the youngest child of William Sr. and Mary,
Rebecca Jane who would get married in another 3
years. One line above, on line 13, is the
household of son Isaac Denton. Son David also
migrated to Illinois, settling in Shelby County on the
north Fayette County line. He and family are on
page 140, line 14 and on the next line is his
brother-in-law Adam Guthery (Guthrie). As was
common on the frontier, they "squatted" on the land
for quite some time before purchasing a tract.
Often times they needed this time to build up enough
cash for the purchase. Son David purchased 40
acres at $1.25 per acre on January 21, 1837 with
certificate #5970 issued August 10, 1838. Son
Isaac Denton purchased 40 acres at $1.25 per acre on
October 06, 1832 with certificate #1422 issued October
8, 1834 and another 40 acres at $1.25 per acre on
March 01, 1837 with certificate #6646 issued on
November 01, 1839. Also, William purchased 40
acres at $1.25 per acres on March 22, 1838 with
certificate #8283 issued November 01, 1839.
According to information from The
Primitive Baptist Library as provided by Elder Robert
Webb, William Sidwell was a member of Clear Spring
Baptist Church of Fayette County. As found on
The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage, Illinois
website, "Clear Spring Church, in Fayette County, was
organized in 1829 or earlier, as it united with the
Illinois Association in September 1829, James Beck and
Guy Beck being the messengers, who reported 9
members. William Sidwell and James Beck were
messengers to the Illinois Association in 1830.
In 1830, this church was dismissed to go into the
constitution of the Kaskaskia Association. The
Kaskaskia Association met here in 1834. Elder
Isaac Sidwell was also a member here for a few years
before moving to northeast Missouri."
The State of Illinois conducted a
census in 1835 and William Sr. and Mary appear in the
July 3 Fayette County census as heads of household
with what appears to be the family of Isaac Denton
living with them. I say that because Isaac,
David and William appear in the 1830 Federal Illinois
census while the 1835 Illinois State census only
contains William and David with a family that would
match Isaac's enumerated in William Sr.'s
household. In this census William Sr. is
enumerated as age 61-70 (born 1765-1774) and Mary as
age 61-70 (born 1765-1774). Combining these date
ranges with those from the 1830 census above, William
Sr. was born about 1765-1770 and Mary was born about
1771-1774. Sometime between the 1835 census and
the taking of the 1840 census Mary died and between
the purchase of 40 acres on March 22, 1838 and the
1840 census William Sr. died. Mrs. Lila M.
Mulford wrote in the Vol. 13, No. 3 (1984) issue of
the "Fayette (Illinois) Facts" newsletter, "There was
a land transaction in which William Sidwell deeded
land to Isaac D. Sidwell, 1 Dec., 1838 in Fayette Co.,
Bk C, p. 250." That suggests he knew his health
was failing and decided to dispose of his land, thus
providing another point to help fix his death
date. Children David Sr. and Isaac Denton
continued farming in Fayette County for roughly
another decade before deciding to pick up stakes and
move to Missouri/Iowa.
One last note. Many trees and the
Find A Grave memorial show this person as William
Thomas Sidwell. I have found no documents that
show William with a middle name. If he did have
a middle name I would not think it Thomas unless that
was a family name in his mother's family. It was not
common in William's family. The William Thomas
is also shown as son of Hugh Sidwell and Annie
Haines. Hugh and Annie may very well have had a
son William Thomas, but he is not the William of
Cumberland County, Kentucky.
285. Mary Key, born Bet.
1771-1775; died Bet. 1835 - 1840 in Fayette County,
Illinois.
When Mary married William Sidwell
March 07, 1791 in Greene County, Tennessee Zachariah
Key served as security along with William on the
marriage bond. While not unheard of it is not
common to have a father serve as security on a
marriage bond. There were a couple of other
Keys in the area at this time. David married
Margaret Williams March 22, 1797, then Mary Keller
September 17, 1799 both in Greene County,
Tennessee. Mary Key married Luke Hail August
4, 1794 in Knox County, Tennessee. Zachariah
is not found in the Tennessee marriages and did not
serve as a security in these other marriages.
The lack of Tennessee census records
for 1810 and 1820 (only partial) hinders a great
deal of the research, but over the next few years
more Keys are found in the area via one record or
another:
1792 - Andrew Key private Singleton's
Company Knox County Militia Territory South of the Ohio
River
1793 - Job Key 100 acre land grant
Sullivan County, Tennessee
1793 - Zachariah Kee private in
Christian's Regiment, Militia Territory South of the
Ohio River (Sullivan Co.)
1793 - William Key private in
Christian's Regiment, Militia Territory South of the
Ohio River (Sullivan Co.)
1794 - Andrew Key private Singleton's
Company Knox County Militia Territory South of the Ohio
River
1794 - Peter Key private in Kennedy's
Regiment, Militia Territory South of the Ohio River
(Greene Co.)
1794 - David Key private in Kennedy's
Regiment, Militia Territory South of the Ohio River
(Greene Co.)
1796 - Joab Key Sullivan County,
Tennessee tax list, 59 acres
1797 - Joab Keys Sullivan County,
Tennessee tax list, 59 acres
1797 - William Keys Sullivan County,
Tennessee tax list, 100 acres
1799 - Zachariah Key "Formerly
lieutenant, Knox County militia" footnote in 1802
Anderson County, Tennessee tax list
1802 - David Key Anderson County,
Tennessee tax list
1802 - Peter Key Anderson County,
Tennessee tax list
1802 - Zachariah Key Anderson County,
Tennessee tax list
1805 - David Key Greene County,
Tennessee tax list
1805 - John Key Greene County,
Tennessee tax list
1805 - Zachariah Kee Anderson County,
Tennessee tax list
1820 - James Key census for Cumberland
County, KY, age 16 thru 25 (1795-1804)
1820 - Theophilus Key census for
Cumberland County, KY, age 45 and over (1775 and before)
1830 - Theos Key census for Cumberland
County, KY, age 50 thru 59 (1771-1780)
1830 - James Key census for Cumberland
County, KY, age 30 thru 39 (1791-1800)
1830 - Golsberry Key census for
Cumberland County, KY, age 20 thru 29 (1801-1810)
1830 - David Key census for Greene
County, TN, age 50 thru 59 (1771-1780)
1830 - David Key census for Greene
County, TN, age 20 thru 29 (1801-1810)
1830 - Peter Key census for Greene
County, TN, age 60 thru 69 (1761-1770)
1830 - Dan'l Key census for Greene
County, TN, age 60 thru 69 (1761-1770)
1830 - Henry Keys census for Knox
County, TN, age 20 thru 29 (1801-1810)
1830 - Peggy Keys census for Knox
County, TN, age 20 thru 29 (1801-1810)
1830 - Mathew Keys census for Knox
County, TN, age 20 thru 29 (1801-1810)
1830 - David Kee census for Anderson
County, TN, age 60 thru 69 (1761-1770)
According to the 1810 Cumberland
County, Kentucky census Mary Key Sidwell was 26 thru
44 years old (born 1766-1784). In 1820 she was
45 years old and over (born 1775 and before).
In 1830 Fayette County, Illinois she was 50 thru 59
years old (born 1771-1780). Unfortunately,
without earlier Tennessee census information we are
likely at an enpass in trying to determine
Zachariah's relationship to Mary. There are
some interesting groupings in the list above. Andrew
and Zachariah appeared in Knox County with Andrew
arriving there first. Then Zachariah appears
in neighboring Anderson County. Zachariah is
there yet in 1829 to execute the following land
transactions. Anderson County Deed Book G-1
1824-1830, page 147, September 28, 1829 Zachariah
Key to Nathan A. Farmer, for $50, 10 acres on Brushy
Creek and page 148, September 28, 1829 Zachariah Key
to Nathan Anderson Farmer, for $300, 98 acres on
same Brushy Creek. That is the last occurrence
of Zachariah I have been able to find.
David and Peter Key begin appearing
in Greene County in the early 1790's and continue to
appear there into the 1830. In 1830 David
(1771-1780), Peter (1761-1770), Daniel (1761-1770)
and Mary Key Sidwell (1771-1780), all with Greene
County background, are in age groupings to be
thought of as siblings. Could Zachariah fit in
that category as well? [A note regarding the
David and Peter Key who appear in Anderson
County. They appear not to be the same as the
David and Peter in Greene County. David
appears as a witness to deed between Jacob McComb
and Obadiah Ashlock on Marcy 25, 1818, is enumerated
in the 1830 Anderson County census, and appears in
Anderson County tax lists of 1837 and 1838.
Peter does not reappear in Anderson County.]
The elder David Key in the 1830
Greene County census was the David who married
Margaret Williams March 22, 1797 in Greene County,
security John Jones. When she died he married
Mary Keller September 17, 1799 in Greene County,
securities Jesse Carter and James Stinson.
David died in Greene County on June 6, 1842 and his
will is posted on page 243, Will Book Vol. 1-2
1828-1897. The will lists wife Mary and
children John, Peter, Mary, Elizabeth, Lurrinda, and
Alfred. A couple of names that appear in the
older generation. Dan'l Key from the 1830
Greene County census died in Greene County April 07,
1840 leaving a will posted on page 217 Will Bolk
Vol. 1-2 1828-1897 in which he leaves everything to
his wife Temperance "...two shares of all the lands
that David Key owns towit to include the house and
improvements where I now live as long as she
lives...". Peter Key from the 1830 census is
not to be found in the 1840 census, and a will is
also not to be found. I suspect that
Zachariah, Andrew, the elder David, Peter, Daniel
and Mary Key Sidwell are all siblings, but can not
prove that with the material I have access to.
The Theophilus Key found in 1820
Cumberland County (born 1775 and before) may be, I
suspect, the Theophilus Key who married Lucy Bibee
on November 08, 1805 in Tyrrell County, North
Carolina. Between the 1820 and 1830 censuses
it appears Theophilus was born 1771-1775, which
would put him in the same time frame as David,
Peter, Daniel and Mary above. Could that be a
reason Theophilus relocated to Cumberland County, or
was that just a coincidence? I am not sure
about the James Key who appears for the first time
in the 1820 Cumberland County census, as does
Theophilus. Comparing his 1820 and 1830 census
entries places his birth as 1795-1800. That is
prior to the marriage of Theophilus, or was the
marriage to Lucy Bibee the second marriage for
Theophilus? Or perhaps there is no
relationship between Theophilus and James. On the
other hand the Golsberry Key that appears in the
1830 census could qualify as a son of
Theophilus. There is another son in the 1830
census who appears to be married and with family
living with Theophilus and Lucy, and he also is in
the 1801-1810 age group as is Golsberry.
Goldsberry appears in the 1840 Crawford County,
Indiana census, page 470, with a James Key family on
the next line. In the 1850 census Goolsbury's
family appears in neighboring Orange County, Indiana
and he is recorded as born about 1807/1808 in
Tennessee and oldest son born about 1831/1832 in
Kentucky. The 1870 shows he was born in North
Carolina and 1880 census also shows that, along with
his father and mother also being born in North
Carolina. The next family is the William Key
family and he is recorded as born about 1808/1809 in
Tennessee and could qualify as a son of Theophilus,
especially since they have a son, age 10, and named
Theophilus.
There is another Theophilus in the
"neighborhood" that needs to be looked at.
Across the Kentucky state line, in Overlon County,
Tennessee census for 1820, there is a Theophilus Kea
family and the head of household is age 26 thru 44
(1776-1794). Then this Theophilus disappears,
but in 1836 Anderson Key appears in the
Overton County tax list. His 1850
Overton County census records him as born about
1805/1806 in North Carolina. He had a son
Goolsby Key born about 1824/1825 in Tennessee.
I do not know who the Theophilus was, but I am not
sure whether the spelling was meant to be Key, or
some other surname. As for the Anderson Key
family, a story in "History of Overton County,
Tennessee" by Overton County History Book Committee,
1992, written by Luther B. Atkinson says, "The Keys
have run lineage back to my great-great-grandfather,
Benjamin Anderson Key, who with his wife, Mary
Newberry, his widowed mother and four brothers came
from Virginia via IN to Tennessee around 1810.
It has been told that he took the name of Key after
his mother and that his real name should have been
Campbell." DNA testing seems to confirm this
point. The similarity between the name Goolsby
in Overton County and Goolsbury in Cumberland County
is eerie.
I am afraid we have made no headway
regarding the relationship of Zachariah to Mary, but
I am thinking that he is most likely a brother to
Mary rather than father. Hopefully this
information will help someone else be able to jump
start some more in-depth research.
The children for William and Mary was
recorded by some unknown individual originally and
has been handed down from tree to tree with no
documented proof. I am sorry to say I also do
not have proof for most of the children
either. I will attempt to develop a
circumstantial argument for those I can and in other
instances I will not attempt to guess the names
where the census has suggested the presence of
someone in a particular age category. I would
welcome someone coming forward with documentation
that proves names and relationships.
Children of William Sidwell, Sr. and Mary Key are: |
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i. | Polly A. Sidwell,
born Bet. 1791 - 1793 in probably Knox County, Tennessee;
died Bef. 1850 in St. Francis County, Arkansas; married
Jesse Carpenter Abt. 1816 in Cumberland County, Kentucky;
born Abt. 1787 - 1790 in Greene County, North Carolina (now
Tennessee); died Bef. 1850 in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
The 1810 Cumberland County census
shows the William Sidwell household with 1 female in the
16 thru 25 age group (born 1785-1794). William and
Mary were married in 1791, so that makes her birth range
as 1791-1794. There is no daughter in the 1820
census that fits this category, so the assumption is she
has died or she has married. Several trees have
Polly as this daughter of William and Mary and have her
married to Jesse Carpenter in Cumberland County,
Kentucky. I have not yet found any marriage
information to confirm this, but according to an article
about Thomas B. Carpenter in "Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas", The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1889, page 648, "He was the
fourth of six children born to Jesse and Polly A.
(Sidwell) Carpenter, and was born on the 2d of October,
1828, in Alabama." The parentheses are part of the
article and not my insertion. While trees have
Polly Ann this article is the only place I found a
middle name or initial. The following will provide
a strong suggestion as to Polly being of this family.
William and Mary were married March
12, 1791 in Greene County, North Carolina (now
Tennessee). Somewhat earlier John Carpenter
married Mary O'Neal February 10, 1787 in Greene
County. This John Carpenter later appears in Knox
County tax lists of 1804 in Captain McMullin's Company
with 1 free poll and no acres and 1806 Captain Jack's
Company with 1 free poll and 126 acres. In 1810
John Carpenter is on page 181 of the Burksville,
Cumberland County, Kentucky census with William the
elder near the bottom of page 180 and Joseph Sidwell,
Sr. at the top of page 181. This census entry has
John age 45 and over (born Bef. 1766), but the oldest
female in the household as age 16 through 25. It
is likely the enumerator got the tick mark in the wrong
column and meant to get it in the 26 through 44 age
column. Or John is a widower. Among the
children in the household are 3 boys age 16 through 25
(born 1785-1794). The Goodspeed article on Thomas
says his father, Jesse, was a native of Virginia, but
Jesse's age group of 1785-1794 and the marriage date of
parents John Carpenter and Mary O'Neal being 1787
suggests he was born in Greene County, North Carolina
(now Tennessee). Jesse's father was likely the
Virginia native.
Jesse Carpenter appears by name in
the Cumberland County censuses for the first time in the
1820 Paoli, Cumberland County, Kentucky census, page
152, line 19 as age 26 through 44 (born 1776-1794) which
places him among the 3 boys in the 1810 census.
John Sidwell is on page 152, and Joseph Sr., William the
elder and William the younger are on page 154. In
the meantime father John has moved on and is located in
the 1820 Green County, Kentucky census, page 72, line
23. The 1820 census has Jesse's assumed wife as
age 16 through 25 (born 1795-1804), and the 1830 and 40
censuses have her born 1791-1800. That is a fairly
wide range, however the 1820 census says there were 2
boys and 1 girl all under 10 years of age, suggesting a
marriage date of about 1816. Of the possible
Sidwell brothers in Tennessee, only Joseph Sr. joined
William the elder in Cumberland County. In the
1810 Cumberland County census Joseph Sr. is enumerated
with 2 sons age 16-25 and 1 son age 10-15, but no
daughters. That pretty much suggests Polly is the
daughter of William Sr. and Mary. In the Goodspeed
article on Thomas Carpenter, he and his wife are
reported as belonging to the Missionary Baptist
Church. With the Sidwell family also being
Baptists it is possible the Sidwells and Carpenters
belonged to the same Baptist Church, thus providing an
avenue for Polly and Jesse to become acquainted.
The article says that Thomas
Carpenter was born 1828 in Alabama and the 1830 census
for Jackson County, Alabama shows the Jesse Carpenter
family with 1 boy under age 5, 2 boys age 5 through 9, 1
girl under age 5 and 1 girl age 5 thru 9. What
happened to the children from the 1820 census who would
now be older than 10 years of age? Then Thomas'
bio says his family relocated to "Arkansas while it was
still a territory (about 1833 or 1834), and located in
St. Francis County, where he [father Jesse] followed
carpentering, and was a general worker in wood, and at
the same time conducted farming." The parentheses
are part of the bio article while the brackets are my
addition for clarification. Researcher Charlotte
Carpenter Smith shows Jesse living on 160 acres land in
the NE Section 4, Township 3, Range 2 in 1836 and is
found NW Section 12, Township 4, Range 3 on 88 acres in
1838. The 1840 Franks Township, St. Francis
County, Arkansas shows a J. Carpenter, but also appears
to have either hired help or other family members living
in the household.
Polly and Jesse can not be found
after the 1840 census and are assumed to have died
before 1850.
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ii. | Son Sidwell, born
Abt. 1794 in probably Knox County, Tennessee; died Unknown.
I believe this is the next oldest
child in the William/Mary Sidwell household based on the
age grouping for the next two daughters. In the
1810 census the next two oldest girls were 10 thru 15
years old (1795-1800) while the oldest son was born
1794/1795 as explained next. Most researchers have
this son as William Jr. It is possible this
assignment was the result of the 1820 census where 2
William Sidwells appear in the Cumberland County
enumeration. Let's look at that more closely,
concentrating only on the male entries:
1810 Burksville, Cumberland County,
Kentucky, page 180, line 37, William Sidwell entry
1820 Paoli, Cumberland County,
Kentucky, page 154, line 38, the senior William
Sidwell entry
1810 Burksville, Cumberland County,
Kentucky, page 181, line 2, Joseph Sidwell, Sr. entry
1820 Paoli, Cumberland County,
Kentucky, page 154, line 32, Joseph Sidwell, Sr. entry
The first new Sidwell in the 1820
census is the next line below Joseph Sr., namely a
William Sidwell, age 16 thru 25. The other new
Sidwell in the 1820 census is John found on page 152,
line 22, just 3 lines below Jesse Carpenter who married
Polly Sidwell. John is age 26 thru 44. Thus
John could have graduated from the 1810 16 thru 25 age
group to now have his own household in 1820, while
William could have graduated from the 1810 10 thru 15
age group to now have his own household in 1820.
The 4 sons under 10 in 1810 then filled the 3 age 10
thru 15 and 1 age 16 thru 25 groupings. I have not
found any primary documents to prove this position, but
it seems there is a lack of information to say the
younger William in 1820 is William Jr., son of the elder
William.
There is a William Sidwell that
appears across the state line in the Overton County,
Tennessee 1830 census in age group 30 thru 40
(1791-1800) and the younger William Sidwell that was in
Cumberland County in 1820 is not present there in
1830. The William in the 1820 Cumberland census
has no boys and one girl under 10 years old. The
William in the 1830 Overton census has one boy under 5
years of age, one girl under 5 years of age, and 2 girls
ages 5 thru 9. It is possible these are one in the
same William. The trouble is there is not enough
evidence here to determine who the Overton County
William belongs to. Later censuses show him as
born about 1799 in Tennessee, so it would be unlikely he
is son of the elder William of Cumberland County since
the older son of William of Cumberland County is likely
born 1794/1795 and the younger boys were born after
1800.
While we are in Overton County,
Tennessee, many trees show a William Sidwell, Jr. son of
William Sr. and Mary Key Sidwell. and have him married
to Anna in 1819 Cumberland County, and with children
Sara J., Harriet C., Martha C., Nancy O., Matilda B.,
Liza W., and William Thomas III. This looks
suspiciously and exactly like the W. S. Sidwell family
in the 1880 Overton County, Tennessee census with the
only child missing from that family being William Thomas
III. The 1941 death record for daughter Martha
gives her parents names as William Sidwell and Anna
Rigsby. With the census giving William's birth as
about 1825 and Anna's as about 1832 it would be hard to
see this individual as a candidate for William Jr. of
Cumberland County who married an Anna in 1819.
An additional William also needs to
be looked at. Several trees, as well as Find A
Grave, have a William Thomas Sidwell, Jr. as this son
and buried in Unionville Cemetery in Appanoose County,
Iowa in 1875. It is noted that he enlisted
November 01, 1862 at Louisville, Kentucky (his
residence) in service to the Union cause in Company D,
Kentucky 12th Infantry Regiment and was mustered out on
July 11, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina. This
would mean he was 68 years old when he enlisted?!
This William T., the Union soldier, was alive and
enumerated on the 1890 Veterans census in Overton
County, Tennessee, which would now have made him 96 if
he were the son of William and Mary. His Civil War
pension index shows his death date and location as
February 05, 1923 at Kyles, Missouri, which would now
have made him 129 if he were the son of William and
Mary. Obviously this person can not be the son in
question and was likely arrived at by the mistaken
notion that the father was William Thomas, so this son
must also be William Thomas.
Facts regarding William T. Sidwell,
the soldier, follow. First, I researched the
cemetery listings at the Iowa State Historical Library
in Des Moines and found no Sidwell buried in Unionville
Cemetery in Appanoose County, Iowa, let alone a William
Thomas Sidwell. There are Sidwells buried in
Oakland Cemetery near Moulton and Exline Cemetery in
Exline, but they are not of William's family line.
Second, William T. Sidwell was not born in 1794.
His Civil War papers found on Fold3.com show he was 21
years old at enlistment November 19, 1862, i.e. born ca
1841. According to the papers, he was born in
Clinton County, Kentucky. The 1850 Clinton County,
Kentucky census, page 206B, shows a Thomas Sidwell, age
10, in the Nancy Sidwell household, Nancy being the
widow of Joseph Sidwell, Jr., son of Joseph Sr. who was
possible brother to the elder William Sidwell. In
the 1860 Clinton County, Kentucky census, page 193, he
is enumerated as Wm. T., age 19, and still living in
Nancy's household. William T. enlisted at Liberty,
Casey County, Kentucky November 19, 1862 for a period of
3 years and was mustered in as Private in Company D,
12th Regiment Kentucky Infantry Union Forces at
Louisville on January 17, 1863. He was described
as a farmer with blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion,
and height 5 feet 10 inches. Private William T.
was mustered out July 11, 1865 in Greensboro, North
Carolina. After his discharge Pvt. William T.
married Margaret Warren and their young family is found
in 1880 Ovoerton County, Tennessee census, page
259B. Pvt. William T. is listed there on the 1890
Veterans census in Overton County, Tennessee complete
with his military unit assignment and dates. In
the 1900 Wayne County, Missouri census, page 10, the
William T. family resides in St. Francois Township and
he gives his birth date as June 1841. He remained
in Wayne County Missouri until his death February 05,
1923 according to his Civil War pension. He filed
for his invalid pension June 16, 1883 in Tennessee and
received certificate #427592. This gives his death
date with location as Kyles, Missouri, an extinct
community in Wayne County. He was a widower and
living in the home of his daughter and son-in-law
Parilee and Nathan Hicks when he died. He was
indeed named William Thomas, but not a son of William
and Mary Key Sidwell.
Now for an additional note in Overton
County, Tennessee. On page 249 of the 1820 Overton
County census there is a John Sidwell in the 26 thru 44
age group (1766-1794). He is likely closer to 1794
and 1766 as the female is in age group 16 thru 25
(1795-1804). Those are the only individuals
enumerated in this household. Four lines above
this entry is one for the Richard Melton
household. This will be important in a later
narrative. This John is not John, son of Joseph
Sidwell, Sr. as he is in the 1820 Cumberland County
census and every Cumberland/Clinton County census
through 1860. John of Overton County is in the
1830 census but seems to disappear after that. In
that 1830 census enumeration he is in the 30-39 age
group, which, when combined with the 1820 enumeration
suggests he was born 1791-1794. Then in the 1850
census a David Sidwell appeared that could very will
have been a son of John.
David appeared in the 1836 and 1837
Overton County, Tennessee tax lists, so I am not sure
why he was not enumerated in the 1840 census. The
1850 census shows him as 32 years old, born about 1818
in Kentucky. That is consistent with John's oldest
son in 1830 enumerated in the 10-14 age group
(born 1816-1820). In that same census William
Sidwell of Overton County had only one son and he was
under 5 years of age (born 1826-1830). David's
family appeared in the Overton census again in 1860,
then sometime after 1860 the family moved to Fayette
County, Illinois, same as William and Mary sons David
and Isaac Denton did ca 1828. In the 1870 Fayette
County census David is missing and evidently dead, with
his widow and 7 children were living in Wilberton,
Fayette County.
User bpoores1 included a narrative in
her Ancestry.com tree for David as follows, "This
summary was found in a record search on the Sidwell
family by Alice Helen Kaiser Sidwell, wife of Jesse
David Sidwell, born March 28, 1896, died Oct. 10, 1974,
son of George Washington Sidwell, born March 4, 1848,
Oakley, Overton County, Tennessee, died July 20,
1933 of pnemonia and stroke, buried in Mt. Gilead
Cemetery, Greenville, IL. George Washington was
the son of David Sidwell and Jane Penina Taylor."
"Alice's research discovered that
David and family were burned out in Tennessee.
They and several other families came north by wagons and
oxen making about twenty miles a day. David served
in the Civil War; his papers show that he enlisted for
one year. He was mustered in on Sept. 15, 1861 at
Camp Zollecoffee, and discharged Dec. 16, 1961 but
final date of discharge is April 28, 1862. It was
said that he carried mail in the service. Census
records show them in Tennessee in 1860 and in 1870 are
in Illinois under the name of Penina Scydwell, not
Sidwell. In Tennessee she used the name of
Jane. The story is told that Jane Penina fell out
of a hayloft, broke her neck and died. There is no
record of where she is buried but they were living in
Fayette County, IL. David died a short time after
they got to Illinois of a gunshot in the heel which
resulted in gangrene, was buried in Pleasant Grove
Cemetery, Logootee, Ill, but no grave marker."
One last comment regarding John and
David Sidwell of Overton County. Isaac Denton
Sidwell, whose narrative is below, is thought to be a
son of William and Mary Key Sidwell. In his
obituary it is stated he visited Overton County in
1844. Why did he go to Overton County? Could
it be to visit "brother" John? It is thought by
some that John died around this time frame. Was
that a contributing factor, or simply a coincidence?
I believe John Sidwell deserves more
attention as a possible candidate for this son of
William/Mary. Another reason for considering the
name is because Jonathan was among the other members of
the Cumberland County Baptist Church - Rebecca Sidwell,
Polly Sidwell, Susannah Sidwell and Jonathan Sidwell.
I do not believe this Jonathan was a son of Joseph
Sidwell, Sr. as Joseph Sr. was not mentioned as being
part of this church. I know there are questions
that need to be answered - How could John be in Overton
County in 1820 and there be a son born 1794/1795
enumerated in William and Mary's household in Cumberland
County? Why did John's household in 1820 Overton County
not have any children enumerated when the 1830 census
showed a son born 1816-1820? Could they have been
readying a move to Overton County in 1820 but were still
in Cumberland County at the time of the census
enumeration, and because John had been in the Overton
area earlier a neighbor gave his information to the
census enumerator without knowing who all was in the
household (this happened to one of my Sexton relatives).
One other scenario certainly needs to
be mentioned. Just as happened with my Forsythe
family line, this son may have been born with
disabilities, or been severely disabled in a farm
accident, and may have died before the family left for
Illinois.
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iii. | Daughter Sidwell,
born Bet. 1795 and 1800 in probably Knox County, Tennessee;
died Unknown.
There are two daughters in this age
groupings in the 1810 census and in the case of the
first one I look at here she has yet to have been found
in the 1850 or later censuses. In fact, there has
been no confirmed census after 1810 to use as a
barometer to better gauge her age. Several
researchers have this daughter as Lucinda Sidwell, born
about 1793 in Cumberland County, and married Moses Beck
February 6, 1840 in Fayette County, Illinois. This
is an assignment that does not make sense for several
reasons. The 1840 censuses for Fayette County,
Illinois and Effingham County, Illinois do not contain
any Sidwells who have a female in the age grouping of
this daughter. There is one possible Beck family
in Fayette County that contains a male fitting the age
category. There is no Moses Beck in the 1845
Illinois State census from which to look at age
categories, nor is there any entry for Moses Beck in the
1850 Illinois census.
What is in the 1850 census are 3 Beck
children, David age 10, Lewis age 7, and Franklin age 4,
living in the Montgomery County, Illinois household of
William and Rebecca Simpson. David's death record
says his parents were Moses Beck and Lucinda Sidwell as
does Franklin's death record. Then Moses is
recorded as marrying Emily Caroline Barlow November 06,
1851 in Montgomery County, Illinois. So Lucinda
died circa 1849 and their 3 children were being cared
for in a "foster home". Emily and Moses had six
children in their 53 years of marriage.
Moses was born October 02, 1819 in
Montgomery County, Illinois and died March 06, 1904 in
Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois. Lucinda is
thought to have been born circa 1793, a 26 year age
spread, which is point one in considering the veracity
of this partnering. Lucinda would have been 48
years old with the birth of their first son, David, and
53 years old with the birth of their last son, Benjamin,
which is point two in considering the veracity.
Those ages at childbirth are not unheard of, but are
rare. It is possible Lucinda traveled to Fayette
County after the 1835 census when her father and mother
were failing and stayed after their death and married
Moses. I also can imagine that having children at
ages 48 to 53 could affect her health and cause death at
age 56. This scenario is a possibility, however I
find this paring very much in question.
One parting comment on this
pairing. Mrs. Lila M. Mulford wrote in the Vol.
13, No. 3 (1984) issue of the "Fayette (Illinois) Facts"
newsletter, "Lucinda Sidwell m Moses Beck, 16 Feb.,
1840. She was supposed to be under age, but no
consent was found." This seems to be one more
argument that the name Lucinda for a daughter of William
and Mary may have been falsely assumed from this Fayette
County marriage record. See son David Sidwell
Sr.'s narrative for more on Lucinda.
Another pairing that seems to make
sense, but has no documented proof, is presented.
Other researchers also use the name Lucinda for this
daughter, but have her married to Richard Melton,
Jr. Richard Jr. was born about 1790 in North
Carolina according to his 1850 Clinton County, Kentucky
census record, but he was in Cumberland County, Kentucky
by 1810 where he is enumerated in his parents
home. There he is in the Richard Melton, Sr.
household in the 16 thru 25 age group (born
1785-1794). In the 1820 Overton County, Tennessee
census Richard Jr. and young family are enumerated on
page 249, 4 lines above the John Sidwell
household. The Richard Jr. household has one son
under age of 10 with Richard as age 26 thru 44 (born
1776-1794) and a female age 10 thru 15. The female
shown as age 10 thru 15 could very well be his wife with
the tick mark in the wrong age column. One column
to the right would be age 16 thru 25 (born
1795-1804). This would be consistent with the 1830
census where the only females in the household are 1
under age 5, 1 age 10 thru 14, and 1 age 30 thru 39
(born 1791-1800). The 1830 census places the
Richard Jr. family in Cumberland County, Kentucky, page
135, 4 lines after Joseph Sidwell, Sr., 3 lines after
John Sidwell (son of Joseph, Sr.), and 1 line before
Isaac Sidwell (son of Joseph, Sr.). In 1830
Richard Sr. is now in Overton County, Tennessee, widowed
with a presumed son and granddaughter.
In 1840 the Richard Jr. family was
enumerated in Clinton County, Kentucky [Clinton County
was formed from Wayne and Cumberland Counties in 1836]
and now noted as Richard Sr. as his oldest son was named
Richard. He was 2 lines away from Isaac Sidwell
(son of Joseph Sr.) and 3 from John Sidwell (son of
Joseph Sr.) and son John Melton was the next line after
John Sidwell and just 3 lines from the bottom of the
page. On the second line of the next page is
Josiah (Joseph) Sidwell, Jr., line 4 is Thomas Sidwell
(son of Joseph Sr.) and line 13 is Josiah (Joseph)
Sidwell, Sr. The household contained 3 sons and 3
daughters with no one under age 5. The older
female is age 50 thru 59 (born 1781-1790). It is
possible this person was a housekeeper as it is thought
that Lucinda died between 1835 and 1840. Then by
late 1840 he married Phoebe Hutchenson and they had
another 5 or 6 children.
In the 1850 Clinton County census,
starting with page 206B, the family is surrounded by
Sidwell "relatives": family #319 Nancy Sidwell (Jospeh
Jr.'s widow), family #320 Hardin Daniel (wife Lavina,
daughter of Joseph Sidwell, Sr.), family #321 Richard
Melton Jr., family #322 William Daniel (wife Delilah
Sidwell, daughter of Joseph Sidwell, Sr.), family #323
John Melton (son of Richard Sr.), family #324 Richard
Melton Sr., family #326 John Sidwell (son of Joseph
Sr.). With all this "closeness" to family members
of Joseph Sidwell, Sr.'s family members it would be easy
to assume Richard's first wife was of that family,
however the 1810 census for Joseph Sr.'s household shows
no daughters, only sons. This Melton family did
not appear in the 1860 census and only Phoebe shows as
head of household in 1870 and 1880 Barren County,
Kentucky censuses. The 1870 census shows the
youngest child as Shadrick, born March 06, 1859 in
Barren County with parents identified on his birth
record as Richard Melton and Pheba Hutchinson, so it is
presumed Richard died between 1858 and 1870.
As an interesting side note, Nancy A.
Meton, widow of veteran John L. Melton son of Richard
Sr., was found on the 1890 Veterans Schedule for Overton
County, Tennessee. She was found on line 9 and
William T. Sidwell was found on line 1.
This latter scenario seems the most
logical of the two given. Close proximity and
closeness of ages seems to make the most sense, which
makes this good possibility for further research.
After all this information, this daughter's first name
may not even be Lucinda. That name was probably
assumed by the unknown individual who originally
"identified" the family of William and Mary, without
giving documentation, because of the record of the
marriage of a Lucinda Sidwell to Moses Beck in Fayette
County, Illinois and as a result jumped to the
assumption she must be a daughter of William and Mary
Key Sidwell. Another possibility for the name
could be Susannah as other members of the Cumberland
County Baptist Church were Rebecca Sidwell, Polly
Sidwell, Susannah Sidwell and Jonathan
Sidwell. Are there any other scenarios that seem
to make sense? Can anyone come up with the
documentation that proves or disproves either of these
scenarios?
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iv. | Daughter Sidwell,
born Bet. 1795 and 1800 in probably Knox County, Tennessee;
died Unknown.
This daughter's name is unknown by me
at this time. Many show her as Amanda Sidwell,
perhaps because this name was handed down by the unknown
individual who originally "identified" the family of
William and Mary without giving documentation.
There was an Amanda Sidwell who married Thomas Sidwell
April 30, 1840 in Fayette County, Illinois.
However, this Amanda was daughter of Isaac Denton
Sidwell. Mrs. Lila M. Mulford wrote in the Vol.
13, No. 3 (1984) issue of the "Fayette (Illinois) Facts"
newsletter, "Thomas Sidwell m Manda Sidwell 30 Apr.,
1840. Isaac Denton Sidwell gave consent for the
marriage. Thomas swore that his father had been
dead for several years, that his mother lived in the
state of Tennessee, he thought, and that he had been
acting as his own guardian for several years. Both
were under 20...Amanda Sidwell, b ca 1824 in Fayette
Co., Ky, near Lexington (sic), m her her second cousin,
Thomas Sidwell when she was aged 16 years and 3
days." She was actually born in Cumberland County,
Kentucky.
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142 | v. | David Sidwell, Sr.,
born Abt. 1801 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1860 - 1870 probably in Schuyler County, Missouri; married
Mary Guthrie Bet. 1820 - 1823 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky.
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vi. | Isaac Denton
Sidwell, born January 01, 1804 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky; died July 06, 1878 in Dallas County, Missouri;
married (1) Rebecca Mayberry Bef. 1824 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky; born Abt. 1808 in Kentucky ?; died Bef. 1829 in
Cumberland County, Kentucky; married (2) Lavina Guthrie
November 21, 1829 in Fayette County, Illinois; born Abt.
1804 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Abt. 1843 in
Fayette County, Illinois; married (3) Jane Stewart 1844 in
Overton County, Tennessee; born Abt. February 1812 in
Tennessee; died April 2, 1909 near Blue Lick, Saline
County,Missouri.
Isaac is thought to be one of the
sons under age 10 in the 1810 Cumberland County,
Kentucky census. He and his wife became members of
Sinking Springs Baptist Church where William and Mary
were also members. He moved his family to Fayette
County, Illinois circa 1828/1829 when William and Mary
moved there. According to information from The
Primitive Baptist Library as provided by Elder Robert
Webb, William Sidwell was a member of Clear Spring
Baptist Church of Fayette County as was Isaac.
Also, Isaac was referred to as Elder Isaac and also had
membership in the Cold Spring Baptist Church of Hanson,
Shelby County, Illinois and Holmes Prairie Baptist
Church of Fayette County, Illinois. It appears he
was already a preacher at this point and from all
appearances also appears to be their son.
Isaac Denton Sidwell was named after
famed minister Isaac Denton. He was the first
preacher that settled in Stocktons Valley of Cumberland
County, Kentucky. He took a similar path as
William at arriving in Cumberland County. He was
born in Caswell County, North Carolina and when 18 moved
to East Tennessee. Here in 1792 he made a profession of
religion and was baptized. Circa 1798 he moved to
Kentucky near where the Sidwells settled and not long
after he began to call the settlers together and preach
the gospel. Although he has been termed a preacher
of medium ability, he was pious, zealous and
industrious. He must have made a significant
impression on William and Mary to have named their third
son after him.
Isaac's obituary, as provided by
Elder Robert Webb, stated "...born in Cumberland county,
Kentucky, January 1st 1804; when about twenty-one years
of age, married Rebecca Maberry, (who was a member of
the Primitive Baptist) at about the age of 22 or 23
years he became a member of the same church, and soon
began to preach. His wife died in a short time
after he began to preach. He then moved to Fayette
county, Illinois..."
When the families of William, David
and Isaac Sidwell moved to the Fayette County, Illinois
area they were accompanied by the George Guthrie family
of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Not long after
arriving in Fayette County Isaac married Lavina Guthrie,
daughter of George, on November 21, 1829 in Fayette
County. Shortly afterward she became a member of
the Primitive Baptist church. In addition to his
ministerial duties Isaac set about seeking land patents
in the area: October 06, 1832 paid $50 for 40 acres in
Fayette County (Certificate #1422 issued October 8,
1834); March 01, 1837 paid $50 for 40 acres in Fayette
County (Certificate #6646 issued November 1, 1839);
March 01, 1837 paid $98.88 for 79.1 acres in neighboring
Effingham County (Certificate #6645 issued November 1,
1839).
According to Isaac's obituary, wife
Lavina died in 1843. Since Lavina died before 1850
her age had to be determined from the date ranges of the
1810 thru 1840 censuses. The 1810 census shows
George's household with 2 girls under age 10 (1801-1810)
while the 1820 census shows 2 girls ages 16-25
(1795-1804) and 2 girls under age 10 (1811-1820).
The 2 girls born between 1811 and 1820 appear in 1850
census and are identified a Lydia and Nancy. Thus Lavina
would have been born 1801-1804 approximately.
Isaac's obituary further states that "while on a visit
in Overton county, Tennessee, in 1844, he married Jane
Stewart, who was a member of eight years standing with
the Primitive Baptist." There is Overton County,
Tennessee again. Why did he go there for a
visit? Was he visiting relatives? As
questioned above in the narrative for William's oldest
son, was he visiting because his brother or other
relative had died?
After marriage to Jane they returned
to Illinois where they appeared in the 1850 Effingham
County census, page 322B. Issac's obituary states
"About 1850, or 1851, he moved to Davis county, Iowa,
and the same year to Schuyler county, Mo." Elder
Robert Webb found membership record that Elder Isaac D.
Sidwell was a member of Oak Hill Primitive Baptist
church in Mark, Davis County, Iowa, as well as the
Moravia Primitive Baptist church in Moravia, Appanoose
County, Iowa. "A Pioneer History of Davis County, Iowa"
by Federated Women's Clubs of the County, published by
Bloomfield Democrat, Bloomfield, IA, 1924 identifies
Isaac Sidwell and David Sidwell along with several
others as Primitive Baptists who were early settlers of
Davis County. No census shows Isaac as a Davis
County inhabitant, but there seem to be these other
sources indicating he spent time in the county.
Brother David does appear in a Davis County
census, but he also spent time bouncing between Iowa and
Missouri like Isaac.
The 1860 census shows Isaac Denton
and Jane living in Salt River Township (P.O. Greentop),
Schuyler County, Missouri, page 649B along with 3 of
their children. Then by the late 1860's he was
living in Appanoose County, Iowa based on statements in
deeds in Schuyler County, Missouri according to Mrs.
Lila M. Mulford in the Vol. 13, No. 3 (1984) issue of
the "Fayette (Illinois) Facts" newsletter.
His obituary states, "...in 1869 (he)
came to Southwest Mo., where himself and wife by letter
joined the church called Round Prairie Church, where he
Baptised many of the Lord's little ones, and there
remained an humble and faithful servant of God until
death, which took place at his residence on the 6th day
of July, 1878, after an illness of 13 days. During
his sickness we heard him say, 'That he was ready and
willing to die on the doctrine he had been preaching
more than fifty years.' He requested his wife to
have his funeral preached before he was buried, which
was done by the writer of this notice (W. C.
Wisdom)...He leaves a wife that is much devoted to the
cause of Christ ... He has five children that survive
him."
Isaac's third wife, Jane Stewart
Sidwell, lived in her later years near Blue Lick, Saline
County, Missouri where Isaac Denton Sidwell, Jr.
lived. She died at her home of pneumonia April 2,
1909 and is buried in Blue Lick Cemetery.
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vii. | Anna Sidwell, born
Abt. 1806 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Aft. probably
1870 in Kansas; married Joseph Carter, Jr. 1823 in Kentucky;
born 1804 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Aft. 1870
probably in Kansas.
The 1810 census for William Sidwell
shows 2 daughters under age 10 (born 1801-1810).
Those 2 daughters in 1820 are shown in the 10 thru 15
age group (born 1805-1810). In that same census,
Joseph Sidwell, Sr. has no daughters. This name
was given as Anne Elizabeth without documentation and
has been adopted by many trees, but I have found no
instances where the name Elizabeth has presented
itself. She is supposed to have married Joseph
Carter about 1823 in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
In the 1820 Cumberland County census,
page 154, there is a Joseph Carter, age 45 and over, and
one of the presumed children in the household is a son
age 16 thru 25 (born 1795-1804). This Joseph
Carter arrived in Cumberland County around the time of
the Sidwells and Guthries, receiving a land grant on
Illwill Creek, survey date June 27, 1805. There
are 11 other Carter households in Cumberland County, but
this is the only household with a son in this age
grouping. This Joseph Carter household is on line
36, 3 lines from the bottom on the page. On this
same page Joseph Sidwell, Sr. is line 32, William
Sidwell is line 33, and William Sidwell is line
38. This would certainly offer opportunity for
plenty of socialization for the Carter son age 16 thru
25 and the 2 Sidwell daughters age 10 thru 15.
Looking ahead to the 1830 Cumberland County census all
Carters had gone elsewhere except the Joseph from the
1820 census, and he is now in the 60 thru 69 age
group. This household also does not contain a son
who would be a 10 year older equivalent of the 16 thru
25 year old from 1820.
So where was that son in 1830?
He could possibly be the one who is found in Fayette
County, Illinois, page 245. There are 2 males in the 20
thru 29 age grouping (born 1801-1810) and one female in
the same age grouping. There are 3 children, 1 son
age 5 thru 9 (born 1821-1825) and 1 son and 1 daughter
under age 5 (1826-1830). This family is on line 24
and on the same page are Isaac Sidwell's family, line
13, and William Sidwell's family, line 14. The
Joseph Carter family appears again in the 1835 Fayette
County, Illinois census, then disappears from Fayette
County after this point - not present in the 1840
census.
They next appear in the 1847 Iowa
census, but first some notes from Davis County, Iowa
history. "The Ferry privileges were an item in
days of stage coaches, and prairie schooners.
Early in the 1844, a man named Van Caldwell, kept a
ferry across the Des Moines river, at a place called
'Caldwell's Ferry,' where the old 'Mormon Trace' crossed
the river; and on paying $3 into the treasury, Davis
county gave him the exclusive right to run a ferry
there. His rates of ferriage were ordered to be
the same as required by Van Buren county. At the
same time, Job Carter for $5, was given the
exclusive ferry privileges, at the place where the
'Territorial Road,' from Iowa City, Iowa, to Jefferson
City, Missouri, crosses the Des Mines river, and his
rates for ferriage were ordered to be,
"Salt Creek township was first settled by James H. Jordan, Van Caldwell, Jesse Testament, Job Carter, William Higgins, Henry Smith, John Tollman, Peter Woods, and others, in 1837 and 1838. "Wyacondah township had among its early settlers Henry Dooley, Joel Fenton, Samuel and Reuben Riggs, James Rigsly, Snow Sailing, Jonathan Riggs, Anderson Willis, Abner Tharp, Joseph Carter, Adam Smith, William Russell, John Bragg, David Howell. "Hill, James A., ... was married May 5, 1854, to Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Anna Carter, who were among the first settlers of this county. They have had seven children, William D., Henry T., Martha A. wife of Moses McClure; Isabelle, Emeline, Leonard F. and Eva D." These quotes are from "History of Davis County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc.", State Historical Company, Des Moines, 1882. A Job Carter was enumerated in 1820
Cumberland County, Kentucky and the Davis County
censuses identify him as born in Kentucky. This
may be one in the same person, and from his age could be
a brother or cousin to Joseph. [Note: Job's son,
Job, died May 26, 1909 in Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa
and his death record showed his parents as Job Carter
and Sarah Maberry. Could Sarah have been a sister
to Rebecca, wife of Isaac Denton Sidwell?] It
appears Joseph and Anna moved to Davis County, Iowa
quite early and the censuses confirm this. Joseph,
Job and James Carter families are in the 1847
census. Joseph, age 46 born in KY; Ann, age 46
born in KY; Parry L. age 24 born in KY; Davis age 20
born in IL; Joshua age 18 born in IL; Polly age 16 born
in IL; George age 15 born in IA; James age 13 born in
IA; Mahala age 9 born in IA; John age 7 born in IA all
appear in the 1850 Wyacondah Township, Davis County,
Iowa census, page 292B, family 32. On the same
page, family 30, is the David Sidwell family The
1856 Wyacondah Township State of Iowa census, page 946,
shows the Joseph Carter family, with children James,
Mahala and John as the only children left in the
household, and with the column for how long they have
resided in Iowa responded to by Joseph and Anna as 18
years (i.e. since 1838).
Son George Washington Carter, as
found in the 1850 Davis County, Iowa census, died
September 13, 1913 in Moulton, Appanoose County,
Iowa. Joseph is given as the father and his mother
is given as Sarah Sidwel. I show no record of
Joseph's wife being called Sarah. Either his wife
was Sarah Anna or the person providing the information
for the death certificate, son Abner B. Carter,
mistakenly called her Sarah. The latter is the
most probable. Abner was not even born until after
his grandparents had moved to Kansas, and he was
probably not very familiar with them at all. This
seems to suggest that Joseph married an Anna Sidwell,
but I have seen nowhere where she has the name
Elizabeth. I can only combine this piece of
information with the previous information to infer that
Anna is daughter of William and Mary Key Sidwell.
In the 1860 Iowa census Joseph and
Anna are at home in Wyacondah Township, Davis County
with daughter Mahala and son John. This same
family unit is next found in 1865 Kansas State census in
Belmont Township, Woodson County. In the 1870
Kansas census Joseph and Anna, along with family
members, are at home in Toronto Township (P.O. Neosho
Falls), Woodson County, but are not found in the 1875
Kansas State census or any other documents after that
date.
This has not proven that Anna was a
daughter of William and Mary Key Sidwell. Her age
puts her in a census category consistent with the
children of William and Mary. She was consistently
identified as born in Kentucky in the 1850 census and
later. The families consistently followed each
other, first the Carters moving with the Sidwells to
Fayette County, Illinois followed by David and Isaac
Denton following the Carters to the Davis County, Iowa
area.
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viii. | Mahala Sidwell,
born Abt. 1809 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
Bet. 1860 - 1863 in likely Fayette County, Illinois; married
Adam Guthrie January 14, 1830 in Fayette County, Illinois;
born Abt. 1808 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1863 - 1865 in likely Moultrie County, Illinois.
As stated in Anna's narrative the
1810 census for William Sidwell shows 2 daughters under
age 10 (born 1801-1810). Those 2 daughters in 1820
are shown in the 10 thru 15 age group (born
1805-1810). In that same census, Joseph Sidwell,
Sr. has no daughters. The other daughter in this
age group is likely Mahala.
As stated in the narrative for Isaac
Denton Sidwell, when the Sidwells moved to Cumberland
County, Kentucky they were joinied by a Guthrie
family. And when the William, David and Isaac
Denton Sidwell families moved to Fayette County,
Illinois, they were accompanied by the George Guthrie
family. Adam was son of George. On January
14, 1830 Mahala Sidwell married Adam Guthrie in
Fayette County. While trees show him as Adam
Allen/Allan Guthrie I have only seen his name given as
Adam (with the exception of the 1860 census where he is
shown as Edwin!). In the 1830 census they are at
home in neighboring Shelby County, Illinois, page 140,
on the line below her brother David Sidwell and his
family. As newlyweds they are the only two in the
household, both enumerated in the 20 thru 29 age group
(born 1801-1810). Then in the 1835 Illinois State
census they are located in Fayette County with one son
age 10 and under and they are both enumerated in the 21
thru 30 age group (born 1805-1814). Combining the
two census age groupings suggests they were born
1805-1810. Since their families were already in
Cumberland County, Kentucky by that time, that was their
birthplace. In 1840 they are still in Fayette County,
page 156, with 3 sons, one age 5 thru 9 and the other 2
under age 5.
They are in Fayette County yet in
1850, page 358A family #314, with 4 sons; Francis M.,
David, William S. and Richard T. Family #317 is
brother Gilbert Guthrie and his wife. In 1860 the
family is still in Fayette County, only Adam is now
enumerated as Edwin, however, the rest of the family
matches with the 1850 census. In both 1850 and
1860 they are both enumerated as born in Kentucky.
Then it appears Mahala died shortly after the taking of
the 1860 census for on April 06, 1863 Adam married
Mahala Jane Bretz in Moultrie County, Illinois. I
believe this is the same Adam Guthrie as his two
surviving sons, Francis and David, are found in Moultrie
County in 1870. No entries have been found for
Adam or Mahala after their 1863 marriage, including the
1865 State of Illinois census.
Similar to Anna, this has not proven
Mahala was a daughter of William and Mary Key
Sidwell. Certainly the census age categories
places her as a possible daughter and the closeness of
the Guthrie and Sidwell families, both in Cumberland
County, Kentucky and Fayette County, Illinois contribute
to the likelihood.
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ix. | Rebecca Sidwell,
born Abt. 1812 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1860 - 1865 in Fayette County, Illinois; married (1)
Nathaniel D. Nowlin March 04, 1833 in Fayette County,
Illinois; born 1792 in Buckington County, Virginia; died
January 01, 1837 in Fayette County, Illinois; married (2)
Alexander Dobbs, Sr. 1839 in Fayette County, Illinois; born
Abt. 1806 in North Carolina; died Unknown.
This last child first appeared in the
1820 Cumberland County, Kentucky census, page 154, in
the under 10 age grouping (born 1811-1820). After
the William Sidwell family moved to Fayette County,
Illinois the 1830 census, page 245, the household
contained a female in the 20 thru 29 age group (born
1801-1810). Even though the two age groupings do
not match, it is likely the female in the 1830 census is
Rebecca. According to Mrs. Lila M. Mulford in the
Vol. 13, No. 3 (1984) issue of the "Fayette (Illinois)
Facts" newsletter, "Rebecca Sidwell m Nathaniel Nowlin 4
March, 1832 (sic 1833, and in Fayette County).
Consent was given by her father, William Sidwell and
wife. They were married by Isaac Denton Sidwell,
M. G. (Minister of the Gospel)."
Mr. John V. Dobbs wrote in the July
1, 1951 issue of "Fayette (Illinois) Facts" newsletter,
"Then in the records of Fayette Co., we found that our
Alexander Dobbs married Rebecca Jane (Sidwell) Nowlin on
Mar. 4, 1833 (sic, February 13, 1839), and this marriage
was performed by Rev. Isaac Sidwell. Nathaniel
Nowlin d Jan. 1, 1837 and left Rebecca a widow with two
small daughters, Mary and Mahala."
According to "History of Fayette
County, Illinois" published by Brink, McDonough &
Co., Philadelphia, 1878, page 68, referring to Ramsey
Township, "Z. F. Watwood came in 1817, followed shortly
by John Hall, Joseph Hall, Charles Tetrick, and a man
named Ramsey. In 1820 came Isaac Anderson, ..., N.
Nowlin, ... and others came about 1827...The first
church organized in the township was the Regular
Baptist, Rev. Mr. Dodson officiating as minister, Z. F.
Watwood, Nathaniel Nowlin and Elijah Pierce, being about
the first and most prominent members." Then,
on page 72, a note regarding one of Nathaniel's children
by his first wife, "The second murder in the township
occurred during the late Rebellion in the year
1863. Charles McClanahan and Harvy Rice, two
soldiers in the U.S. army while home on a furlough, go
drinking in a low groggery with a man named Richard
Nowlin, who was a strong southern sympathizer. A
political dispute arose, ending in a fight, when
McClanahan shot and killed Nowlin. McClanahan and
Rice left the county and are supposed to have returned
to their regiment. They were not arrested, and
therefore were never tried for the offence."
Nathaniel's first marriage occurred
in Sumner County, Tennessee where he and Edmond Boaz
entered into a bond and on September 27, 1817 both
received a license to marry and did marry Mahala
Anderson on September 27, 1817 in Sumner County,
Tennessee. According to the snippet from "History
of Fayette County, Illinois" they moved there in
1820. They were obviously in transit as they were
not in the Sumner County, Tennessee or the Fayette
County, Illinois censuses. According to the 1830
Fayette County census, page 243, he and Mahala were
parents of 5 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter under age 5
(born 1826-1830), and one son and one daughter age 10
thru 14 (born 1816-1820). Nathaniel and Rebecca
are found in the 1835 Illinois State census in Fayette
County and on the same page as John Nowlin (line 45),
Bennet Boaz (line 46), Edmond Boaz (line 47), James
Nowlin (line 48) and Nathniel (line 52). In this
1835 census there are 8 children, 3 sons and 2 daughters
under age 10 (born 1826-1835), 2 sons and 1 daughter age
10 thru 19 (born 1816-1825). In comparing these
two census counts the 1835 census has 2 sons and 1
daughter more than what appeared in the 1830 census.
With Nathaniel marrying Rebecca March
04, 1833, and not knowing when wife Mahala died, it is
hard to know which of those three additional children
are Rebecca's, but the 1850 census may be of help
shortly. According to Fayette County Probate Court
Book B1 1821-1829, page 270, Nathaniel died intestate
January 01, 1837. Rebecca released her right to
administer his estate in favor of John Nowlin serving as
administrator. Rebecca married Alexander Dobbs in
Fayette County February 13, 1839, but the Nathaniel
Nowlin estate was not yet put to rest. Fayette
Probate Court Book A 1847-1855, page 460 records, "April
14th 1849, On motion of Richard Hicks who came into open
court and made application for letters of guardianship
for Mahaley Nowlin and Mary Ann Nowlin miner (sic) heirs
of Nathaniel Nowlon Deceased and upon examination of
said application it is therefor ordered that said
application be granted..."
In jumping ahead to the 1850 Fayette
County census Alexander and Rebecca's family is
enumerated as Doubs and is found on page 358B.
Included in the family listing is Mahala Doubs, born ca
1833 in Illinois, and Mary A. Doubs, born ca 1836 in
Illinois. Combining this enumeration with the
above guardianship statement it appears Mahala and Mary
Ann are the daughters of Rebecca by Nathaniel
Nowlin. I do not know if Alexander adopted the
girls or if this was sloppy work by the census
taker. I can find nothing more on these girls,
either as Nowlin or Dobbs. The family resided in
Ramsey Township, Fayette County in the 1860 census, but
Mahala and Mary Ann are not among the enumerated
children. Alexander is enumerated in the 1865
Illinois State census 7 children, but no wife.
Rebecca died between 1860 and 1865.
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286. George W. Guthrie, Sr., born
likely Abt. 1780 in probably Sullivan County, Western
North Carolina Territory (current Tennessee); died Aft.
1840 in Fayette County, Illinois. He was the son of 572. Adam
Guthrie and 573. Mary Anderson.
He married 287. Hannah ?.
Notes for
George W. Guthrie, Sr.:
From the narrative for Adam and Mary
Anderson Guthrie we know that Adam resided in
Cumberland County, Kentucky when he wrote his will
(May 1, 1825) and when his will was proved (August 20,
1827). That narrative also identified the land
purchases made by Guthries in Cumberland County:
The 1810 Cumberland County census shows
3 Guthrie family units:
George Guthrie family, page 180,
line 32
James Guthrie family, page 180, line
35
Hannah Guthrie family, page 177,
line 1
The page numbering on the 1810 census
is confusing. In the left margin for the page
that George Sr. is enumerated is handwritten page
number 742, while on the right side is handwritten
page number 719. Then in the bottom right corner
is the typeset number 180 for pages 741/742 (or 177
for pages 718/719) combined. I have used the
typeset page number 180 and 177.
George Sr. is a son of Adam and Mary
Anderson Guthrie by virtue of him being named in
Adam's will, where he was bequeathed one cow.
Comparing the age group for the heads of household
seem to show them to be siblings, and James was indeed
named in Adam's will. In the 1820 Cumberland
County census they are joined by another seeming
sibling, Thomas Guthrie, age 26-44 and also listed in
Adam's will, and family, and by father Adam Guthrie,
age 45 and over, and family. All of these
Guthrie families are found in close proximity on page
157 of the 1820 census.
George is first encountered in the land
records of Cumberland County, Kentucky where he
received a land grant, survey dated August 29, 1805,
for 200 acres near Illwill Creek. According to
the narrative for Adam, the individual had to be at
least 21 and settle the land for a year before taking
actual possession. That places George Sr.'s
birth no later than 1783. George Sr. is found in
the 1810 and 1820 Cumberland County census records and
is recorded as being of age 26 and under age 45.
Combining these entries with the previously estimated
1783 places his birth date between 1776 and 1783.
In the 1810 census George Sr. is
enumerated 5 lines above that of William
Sidwell. This close proximity created a bond
between the families that would last more than 3
decades. The 1830 Cumberland County census
contains entries for James Guthrie (born in 1770's),
Polly Guthrie (born in 1780s), Elizabeth Guthrie (born
in 1770s), Thomas Guthrie (born in 1780s) and Anselm
Guthrie (born in 1790s), but no George Guthrie.
James, Polly, Elizabeth and Thomas were discussed in
the children's section of the Adam and Mary Anderson
Guthrie narrative in generation 6. As for
Anselm, I do not know who he belongs to. It
could be that he was a nephew to George Sr. The
Hannah Guthrie household had two sons in her 1810
household who would fit that age category.
Such an unusual name as Anselm makes it easier to
track him. He is likely the one who served in
Captain's John Kennedy and Wiley Huddleston Companies
in the Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812,
serving first from October 14, 1813 to December 28,
1813 and again from November 13, 1814 to May 13,
1815. His pension application states he married
Matilda (maiden name not given) June 14, 1822 in
Limestone County, Alabama. I know nothing more
of this individual. There is an Anselm, born
about 1797, who resided in Union County, Illinois and
with wife named Matilda. But that Anselm married
Matilda Brock in 1820 in Union County, Illinois.
That does not seem consistent with him being in
Cumberland County in 1830.
Back to George Sr. The George
Guthrie, Sr. family is not found in 1830 Cumberland
County because the family is located in Fayette
County, Illinois. George Sr.'s father, Adam,
died prior to his will being proved August 20,
1827. It is likely that George Sr.'s family
joined the William Sidwell family in moving to Fayette
County immediately after Adam's death. In 1830
George Guthery and Thomas Guthery families are
enumerated in Fayette County and Adam Gathery is
enumerated across the county line in Shelby County:
George Guthery family, page 246,
line 26
Thomas Guthery family, page 246,
line 27
Adam Guthery family, page 140, line
15 (one line below David Sidwell)
Isaac & William Sidwell appear on
page 245 in the 1830 Fayette County, Illinois
census. With George Sr. appearing as age 50-59,
i.e. born 1771-1780, his previous birth year date
range of 1776-1783 can be adjusted to 1776-1780.
Then the 1840 census shows George with age range again
as 50-59. That seems to suggest his birth year
is approximately 1780, which would also place his
birth place as Sullivan County, North Carolina (which
would later be in the state of Tennessee). This
is the last census where George Sr. makes an
appearance.
The 1835 Illinois State census for
Fayette County shows the George Sr. family enumerated
on page 3, line 23. He is shown in the 51-60 age
grouping as is a female presumed to be his wife.
The additional element added in the census is George
Sr.'s middle initial of W. Line 23 is enumerated
as George W. Guthrie Senr. and line 24 is enumerated
as George W. Guthrie Junr. George Jr. was
identified in a later document as George Washington
Guthrey. It is possible this is what the middle
initial stands for with George Sr. as well.
General George Washington would have been on
everyone's lips when George Sr. was born, so it is not
out of the question he would have been named after the
famous General. Some researchers have Senior's
name as George William as will be mentioned in
Hannah's narrative. Without a document that
reveals what the W represents I will leave it as
simply the initial.
George Sr. presumably died between 1840
and 1850 since he does not appear in any documents
after the 1840 Federal census.
287. (Hannah?) ?, born Bet. 1776 -
1780; died Bet. 1835 - 1840 in Fayette County, Illinois.
Notes for
(Hannah?) ?:
While this name has been used for
decades as the spouse of George W. Guthrie, Sr., I do
not know that this is the name of his wife.
There is a Hannah Guthrie in the 1810 Cumberland
County, Kentucky census, page 177. But it does
not make sense that this name would be mistaken as
George Sr.'s wife since George is enumerated on
page 180 with a female his age in the household who
would presumably be his wife.
On February 1, 1800 a William Guthrie
married Hannah Smiley in Greene County,
Tennessee. This county is definitely where the
Adam Guthrie family was living in 1800. This
marriage has been used by many researchers to suggest
this Hannah was the wife of George Sr. and that his
middle initial of W. stood for William. I have a
problem with this because George Sr. never went by
anything other than George anywhere else, so why would
he use another name when marrying? It is more
likely that William was a son of Adam, and brother of
George Sr., and the Hannah Guthrie found in the 1810
Federal census for Cumberland County, Kentucky was his
widow.
While the latter is the most plausible
explanation, there were other Guthries in East
Tennessee in 1800 who William could have belonged to -
i.e. Francis Guthery in neighboring Hawkins County,
Robert Guthrie in neighboring Washington County, and
James Guttery in neighboring Hawkins County. At
this point in time the name of George Sr.'s spouse is
unknown until some document can be produced proving a
name.
By comparing the 1810 through 1830
Federal census records, it appears George Sr. had 10
children, 6 sons and 4 daughters. Nine can be
accounted for as shown below.
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143 | i. | Mary Guthrie, born
Abt. 1802 in probably Greene County, Tennessee; died Aft.
1880 in probably Montague County, Texas; married David
Sidwell, Sr. Bet. 1820 - 1823 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky.
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ii. | Lavina Guthrie, born
Abt. 1804 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Abt. 1843 in
Fayette County, Illinois; married Isaac Denton Sidwell
November 21, 1829 in Fayette County, Illinois; born January
01, 1804 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died July 06, 1878
in Dallas County, Missouri.
This is another instance of
Guthrie/Sidwell inter-marriage. Information on
Lavina is given in the narrative on Isaac Denton
Sidwell, Sr. above.
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iii. | Adam Guthrie, born
Abt. 1808 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1863-1865 in likely Moultrie County, Illinois; married (1)
Mahala Sidwell January 14, 1830 in Fayette County, Illinois;
born Abt. 1809 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1860-1863 in likely Fayette County, Illinois; married (2)
Mahala Jane Bretz April 6, 1863 in Moultrie County,
Illinois; born Abt. 1836 in Indiana: died Unknown. Adam appears in the 1830 Shelby
County, Illinois Federal census, page 140, line 15 (1
line below David Sidwell) and enumerated as
Guthery. There is no document that proves Adam is
the son of George W. Guthrie, Sr. The 1850 and
1860 censuses do show Adam+9 as age 42 and 51
respectively, giving his birth year as approximately
1808/09, and George Sr.'s household in the 1810 census
shows 2 sons under the age of 10. These censuses
also give Adams' birth place as Kentucky. Combined
with his name being the same as George Sr.'s father's
name, until refuted, I am assuming he is the son of
George Sr.
Yet another instance of
Guthrie/Sidwell inter-marriage. More information
on Adam and Mahala is given in the narrative of Mahala
Sidwell above.
One additional note - Adam is shown
in 1850 and 1860 as a farmer, but shows no real estate
value, so he did not his own farm from what I can tell.
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iv. | Thomas A. Guthrie,
born Abt. 1808 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Aft.
1865 in probably Fayette County, Illinois; married Mariah ?
Bef. 1825 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; born Abt. 1810 in
Tennessee; died Aft. 1865 in probably Fayette County,
Illinois.
Thomas Guthery appears in the 1830
Fayette County, Illinois Federal census on page 246, 1
line below the enumeration for George Guthery.
There is no document that proves Thomas is the son of
George W. Guthrie, Sr. The 1860 census does show
Thomas as age 52, giving his birth year as approximately
1808, and George Sr.'s household in the 1810 census
shows 2 sons under the age of 10. The 1860 Fayette
County Federal census also gives Thomas' birth place as
Kentucky. Until refuted, I am assuming he is the
son of George Sr.
On June 7, 1837 Thomas A. Guthery
purchased, for the sum of $50, 40 acres in Township 08N,
Range 02E, Section 31. This places his farm in the
southwestern tip of Bowling Green Township (present day
Carson Township), very near the Kaskaskia River.
On November 1, 1839 he received Certificate #7608 from
the Bureau of Land Management to complete the purchase.
The 1860 census shows his wife as
Mariah, age 50, born about 1810 in Tennessee. Also
enumerated are 3 presumed sons, George, James, and
William. It is difficult to know how many
children they had. The 1830 census shows 2 sons
under 5 years of age, and possibly 2 sons age 5-9.
I say possibly because the number could be construed as
a 9, but the column total at the bottom of the page is
9. There are no young girls in this census.
Then the 1835 Illinois State census
shows 2 boys age 10 and under and 2 girls age 10 and
under. So now they are down 2 boys, but up by 2
girls. Then the 1840 shows the household with 1
boy age 10-14 and 1 boy under age 5. Unfortunately
there is no enumeration for Thomas' household in the
1850 census.
The 1860 Federal census shows son
George F., age 29, born about 1831 in Illinois, which
does not agree with what the 1840 census shows.
Son James is age 23, born about 1837 in Illinois, which
does match the 1 boy under age 5 in the 1840
census. The remaining child in the 1860 census is
William F., age 19, born about 1841 in Illinois.
The household in 1860 also includes a 12 year old girl
named Julia R. Hovey. She was the daughter of
George W. and Nancy Pierce Hovey. Something
drastic must have happened to this family unit as they
are no longer listed in the 1860 census, and the
children are spread among several families. In
1865 Julia married James Guthrie and they were parents
of 5 children before Julia died in 1880.
In the 1865 Illinois State census a
male and female, each age 51-20, are present in the
Thomas Guthery household, presumed to be Thomas and
Mariah, along with 3 males presumed to be their sons and
a girl age 11-20, presumed to be Julia.
Thomas and Mariah do not appear after
1865, including not in their son's households.
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v. | George Washington
Guthrie, Jr., born February 17, 1811 in Cumberland County,
Kentucky; died February 08, 1878 in Chautauqua County,
Kansas; married (1) Jane Austin May 10, 1834 in Fayette
County, Illinois; born Abt. 1815 in likely Cumberland
County, Kentucky; died Bet. 1840-1848 in Fayette County,
Illinois; married (2) Margaret D. Harris Cothran January 02,
1848 in Fayette County, Illinois; born September 11, 1821 in
Overton County, Tennessee; died March 26, 1906 in Chautauqua
County, Kansas.
According to the 1820 Cumberland
County census, the George Sr. household had 2 sons age
10-19. George Jr. is one of them. He first
appeared in records by name when George W. Guthrie
married Jane Austin on May 10, 1834 in Fayette County,
Illinois. He earned the Junior title suffix by
virtue of the 1835 Illinois State census for Fayette
County where he is identified as George W. Guthrie Junr.
and immediately follows George W. Guthrie Senr.
The Austins and the Guthries also appear to be closely
situated by these consecutive listings on page 3:
It is possible the Austin family was
in Fayette County in 1830 where a Mary Auston family
appears on line 16, page 245 and the Isaac Sidwell
family is on line 13 and the Wm Sidwell family is on
line 14. There is also a Stephen Auston family on
page 239 of the same census. Both families have a
daughter in the age group that would fit the wife of
George Jr. Jane did not live long enough to be
present in the 1850 census, so I cannot identify with
impunity when and where she was born. My thought
is that because of proximity it is likely she could be
part of Mary Austin's household.
In "History of Fayette County,
Illinois", published by Brink, McDonough & Co.,
Philadelphia, 1878, a biography of Jacob Austin of
Bowling Green Township is presented. "Jacob Austin
was born in Cumberland Co., Ky., Jan'y 15th, 1829, and
is the twelfth child of a family of thirteen, seven boys
and six girls; of this large family but six survive
[i.e. as of 1878]. His father, Richard Austin, was
a native of the 'old Dominion,' and his mother, Mary
(Odell) Austin [parentheses part of the article, not
mine], was born in North Carolina. They removed to
Kentucky at an early day, where Richard Austin died, his
bereaved wife being left with a numerous family; Jacob,
the subject of this sketch, being then quite an
infant. The mother and family immigrated to
Illinois in 1830 settling in Bowling Green Township,
Fayette County, ..." The close proximity of Mary
Austin's family to the Guthrie families in 1830 and of
multiple Austin families to multiple Guthrie families in
1835, along with the location of Cumberland County for
Mary's family makes this family a likely candidate.
On February 28, 1837 George Jr.
purchased, for the sum of $51.99, 41.59 acres in
Township 08N, Range 02E, SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 05.
This places his farm in Bowling Green Township, very
near the village of Bowling Green. On August 10,
1838 he received Certificate #3505 from the Bureau of
Land Management to complete the purchase. It is
this Certificate #3505 which identifies him as George Washington
Guthrey.
The 1840 census shows 2 females of an
age to be Jane. It could be that one of those
females was a nurse/housekeeper as Jane died sometime
prior to 1848. On January 2, 1848 George Jr.
married Margaret D. Harris, widow of Calvin
Cothran. George Jr. and Jane were parents of John
A. and Eliza. George Jr. and Margaret were parents
of Leander, Ellen and David Wesley. According to
the obituary for Leander in "The Dexter Tribune" of
Dexter, Kansas, January 21, 1927, "He came with his
parents to Wilson County Kansas in 1866 and in 1870 they
moved to Cedarvale, Kansas where he took up a
homestead." George Jr. died there February 8,
1878.
Just as Guthries and Sidwells had
several inter-marriages, so did Gutheries and Austins.
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vi. | Lydia Guthrie, born
Abt. 1814 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1850-1855 in likely Pulaski County, Missouri; married Oliver
Williams July 23, 1840 in Fayette County, Illinois; born
Abt. 1814 in Tennessee; died Abt. December 1874 in Pulaski
County, Missouri.
The 1820 Cumberland County, Kentucky
and the 1830 Fayette County, Illinois censuses show that
George Guthrie, Sr. and wife had 2 daughters born
1810-1817. Lydia's 1850 Fayette County census
entry gives her age as 36, i.e. born about 1814, and
born in Kentucky. This could suggest Lydia was one
of those daughters. Lydia married Oliver Williams
July 23, 1840 in Fayette County.
On July 22, 1839 Oliver purchased,
for the sum of $50, 40 acres in Township 07N, Range 01E,
NW1/4NE1/4 of Section 02. This places his farm in
present day Sharon Township, not far from Boaz Creek
just north of where it enters the Kaskaskia River.
On May 25, 1841 he received Certificate #10985 from the
Bureau of Land Management to complete the purchase.
By 1850 Oliver and Lydia had 4
children, all born in Fayette County, Illinois; David,
age 9, George, age 7, Mary, age 6, and Nancy, age
2. At some time after 1850 the family moved to
Pulaski County, Missouri. By 1860 Oliver appears
with the previously named 4 children minus daughter
Mary, but now with wife Amanda in the Pulaski County
Federal census. The household also has children
James T. Tucker, age 13, and Sarah E. Tucker, age 10,
and Adaline Williams, age 6, and the three born in
Missouri. In 1850 the Tucker children and Amanda
are part of the John Tucker household. Then about
1852-1853 John died intestate and his Administrator
provided the final inventory in early 1855. It
appears Lydia died, likely after the move to Pulaski
County and Amanda married Oliver. Due to lack of records
it is unclear when Lydia died, and when Oliver and
Amanda married, thus it is uncertain whether Adaline is
the daughter of Lydia or Amanda. I am guessing it
is most likely that Lydia died in the same timeframe as
Jack Tucker died and both Oliver and Amanda would have
wanted to remarry fairly soon thereafter so the children
could be properly looked after.
Oliver received Bureau of Land
Management certificate #346 on September 20, 1871 for 80
acres in Township 036N Range 013W E1/2SE1/4 of Section
1, Pulaski County. This 80 acre tract was located
in Liberty Township very near the Gasconade River and,
about 3 miles southeast of Swedeborg. The
1870 census incorrectly identifies the head of household
for this family as William Williams, and it clearly
should be Oliver. Oliver died intestate about
December 1874 and Amanda was named by the court on
December 18, 1874 as Administratrix of the estate.
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vii. | Nancy Guthrie, born
October 06, 1817 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
January 29, 1901 in Fayette County, Illinois; married
Richard Austin March 9, 1834 in Fayette County, Illinois;
born Abt. 1812 in likely Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
Bet. 1851-1855 in Fayette County, Illinois.
This could be another daughter of
George W. Guthrie, Sr. and wife that fits in the
category of the two daughters born 1810-1819. She was 16
years old when she married Richard Austin on March 9,
1834 in Fayette County, Illinois. Richard was
likely a sister to Jane Austin, wife of George W.
Guthrie, Jr.
They set about farming, but the 1850
census shows no value for real estate owned. That
same census shows 4 children: Emily, age 15, Ewing
A(nson), age 12, Caroline, age 10, and Mary L, age
8. William Samuel Austin was born October 2, 1851
in Bowling Green Township, Fayette County and was,
according to his death record, the son of Richard Austin
and Nancy Guthrie. Then, according to the 1855
Illinois State census for Fayette County, Nancy is the
only adult in the household. She is noted as the
head of household in that census and is 2 rows above
brother Jackson Guthery, 8 rows above brother Thomas
Guthery, and 1 row above son-in-law James Madison Bolt
(husband of daughter Emily).
The 1870 Bowling Green Township,
Fayette County Federal agricultural census shows Nancy
as owner of property with 40 acres of land, 30 acres
improved and 10 acres unimproved. An 1891 county
land ownership maps shows her 40 acres located near the
southern tip of Bowling Green Township (current day
Carson Township) bordered on the north by brother
Jackson Guthrie's 80 acres and partially on the east by
son William Samuel's 40 acres.
In her later years Nancy lived with
daughter Caroline and husband Thomas Boaz in Sharon
Township, Fayette County. She died there January
29, 1901 and is buried in Independence Cemetery in
Ramsey.
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viii. | Jackson Guthrie,
born Abt. 1818 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet.
1891 - 1900 in Fayette County, Illinois; married Mary
Luvista Austin January 27, 1841 in Fayette County, Illinois;
born Abt. 1823 in likely Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
Bef. 1900 in Fayette County, Illinois.
This may be the son of George W.
Guthrie, Sr. and wife who appeared in the category of
male in the age group 10-14. He appears in the
1850 Fayette County census as age 32 and born in
Kentucky with wife Lavista, age 27, and two sons.
He married Mary Luvista Austin on January 27, 1841 in
Fayette County, Illinois. Mary Luvista was likely
a sister to Jane Austin wife of George W. Guthrie, Jr.,
and Richard Austin husband of Nancy Guthrie.
They were parents to 4 sons and 3
daughters, last appearing in the 1880 Bowling Green
Township, Fayette County census. In 1870 Jackson
appears in the Bowling Green Township, Fayette County
Federal agricultural census, showing him as owner of 55
acres, all improved. Jackson appears in the 1880
Bowling Green Township, Fayette County Federal
agricultural census, page 1, showing him as owner with
50 tilled acres, 2 acres of permanent meadows, pastures,
orchards, and/or vineyards, and 28 acres of woodland and
forest. On page 11 of the same 1880 agricultural
census Jackson and sons Albert and Carlin appear on 3
lines, each shown renters for shares of products on
various amounts of land - Jackson 40 acres of tilled;
Albert 30 acres tilled, 5 acres of permanent meadows,
pastures, orchards, and/or vineyards, and 10 acres of
woodland and forest; Carlin 40 acres tilled, and 20
acres of permanent meadows, pastures, orchards, and/or
vineyards.
An 1891 county land ownership maps
shows Jackson with 80 acres located near the southern
tip of Bowling Green Township (present day Carson
Township) partially bordered on the south by sister
Nancy Austin's 40 acres and otherwise surrounded by
various households of Bolt families. Their
children, with the exception of Albert, appear to have
remained in the neighborhood of Fayette County.
Albert drifted to Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Jackson likely died between 1891 and 1900. The
Find A Grave memorial for Mary Luvista shows her death
date as September 27, 1899. No tombstone picture
is shown and I have not yet found any data that
corroborates that date, so I have simply shown her death
date as before 1900.
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ix. | Gilbert Guthrie,
born Abt. 1824 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Aft.
1880 in Fayette County, Illinois; married (1) Emily Yates
Maughan November 10, 1849 in Fayette County, Illinois; born
Abt. 1832 in North Carolina; died Bef. 1860 in Fayette
County, Illinois; married (2) Mary Ann Nowlin August 1, 1860
in Fayette County, Illinois; born Abt. 1836 in Fayette
County, Illinois; died Bef. 1869 in Fayette County,
Illinois; married (3) Mary Ann Shirley Staton September 29,
1869 in Fayette County, Illinois; born Abt. 1833 in Fayette
County, Illinois; died Aft. 1880.
Gilbert was born about 1824 in
Cumberland County, Kentucky and is likely the son of
George, Sr. enumerated as under age 5 in the 1830
Federal Fayette County, Illinois census. He is
consistently shown as born in Kentucky in later
censuses. He married Emily Yates Maughan November
10, 1849 in Fayette County. She was born in North
Carolina, but was likely in Fayette County shortly
thereafter as her brother Granville married Nancy Lee in
Fayette County in 1836. In addition to the 1850
Federal census they were also counted in the 1855
Illinois State census for Fayette County, both times
without children.
Emily must have died before 1860 as
Gilbert married Mary Ann Nowlin August 1, 1860 in
Fayette County. This is another association
between Guthries and Sidwells, albeit a loose one.
Mary Ann Nowlin's parents were Nathaniel Nowlin and
Rebecca Sidwell, daughter of William Sidwell, Sr. and
Mary Key. Nathaniel died January 1, 1837, leaving
Rebecca with 3 young children - Mahala, Samuel, and Mary
Ann. This is confirmed by Fayette County probate
records Vol. A 1847-1849 page 460 and probate box 135,
pack 5: Richard Hicks was appointed guardian April 14,
1849 of minor heirs of Nathaniel Nowlin; Mahaley and
Mary Ann Nowlin, with Adam Guthrie and Granville L.
Maughan serving as security. William Reavis was
made guardian of Samuel Nowlin with Joseph Tucker as
security.
They appear in the August 14
enumeration of the 1860 Fayette County Federal
census. They also appear in the 1865 Illinois
State census for Fayette County where Mary Ann appears
as age 21-30 and Gilbert appears as age 31-39.
They also show one boy and one girl, both age 10 and
under. What happened to Mary Ann and these two
children is unknown at this time. The assumption
is they died prior to 1869 when Gilbert entered into his
third marriage.
On September 29, 1869 Gilbert married
Mary Ann Shirley, widow of Jefferson Staton, in Fayette
County. The Jordan Sherley family, consisting of
only husband and wife, were in Fayette County, Illinois
in the 1830 Federal census, but were not there in the
1835 Illinois state census. Daughter Mary Ann
Shirley married Jefferson Staton August 13, 1846 in
Washington County, Missouri. The 1850 and 1860
Federal censuses show Jefferson and Mary Ann at home in
Missouri and give her birth location as Missouri, the
1870 and 1880 censuses where she is married to Gilbert
show her birth location as Illinois. I have given
her birth location as Fayette County, although I cannot
prove that. Also puzzling is why she was in
Fayette County to marry Gilbert when she had been gone
from there for 30+ years (assuming she was even born in
Fayette County). Her oldest daughter Lucinda Etna
married David Jackson in Fayette County February 7,
1867, which seems to indicate they were in Fayette
County before that time - but, why?
They appear in the 1870 Bowling Green
Township, Fayette County Federal census where he is
identified farming rented land. The household
includes 6 Staton children by Mary Ann's previous
marriage. Gilbert and Mary Ann had two daughters,
Mary C./Mollie, born about July 1873, and Nancy Jane,
born about 1875. Gilbert, Mary Ann and Nancy Jane
do not appear again after the 1880 Federal census.
Daughter Mollie appears in the 1900 Fayette County
Federal census as a 26 year old single female living in
the Samuel A. Guthrie (son of Jackson Guthrie)
household. Nothing is found of her after the 1900
census.
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288. Stephen Robertson, born Abt.
1775 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Abt. Nov./Dec. 1837
in Brown County, Indiana. He was the son of 576. James
Roberson and 577. Mary Fuqua. He
married (1) Sally Curtain October 4, 1797 in Knox County,
Tennessee; born Unknown; died Unknown; (2) 289. Winnie Chitwood May 26, 1800 in
Knox County, Tennessee.
Notes for
Stephen Robertson:
With Stephen there is as much family
oral/written history, if not more, than hard
documented facts. Much of the family tradition I
will be writing about was recorded by Fred Robertson
(1899-1985) and published in December 1956.
Those writings offer no sources, so it is assumed the
information has come from family sources - stories
handed down through the generations, family bibles,
etc. This narrative will test the premises
presented by Fred's writings and attempt to quote
documentation that confirms them. When the
British army burned buildings in Washington, D.C.
during the War of 1812, Tennessee census records were
among those that were lost. Later the East
Tennessee counties census records for 1820 were
lost. These losses complicate the search for
documentation and force us to use other material where
available. The early days of Stephen, prior to
1810, along with the explanation of James and Mary
Fuqua Roberson as his parents are covered in the pages
"The Stephen Robertson Family of Brown County, IN" on
this site (available from the home page or from this link).
According to Fred, "In May 1802 they
were living on Beaver Creek across the Clinch River
east of Oak Ridge Tenn." "Early East Tennessee
Taxpayers", Pollyanna Creekmore; Southern Historical
Press; Easly, SC; 1980 has Stephen Roberson included
on an Anderson County list of taxable property and
polls in Captain McCamey's Company for 1802 as 1 free
poll with 150 acres on Beav[er] Creek. The deed
was difficult to read and it appears Ms. Creekmore
misread the r as a v and completed the name on her
own, changing the meaning from Bear to Beaver.
Bear Creek has more meaning in that the location on
Beaver Creek would have placed Stephen in Knox County
rather than Anderson County. Included on this
same tax list for 1802 was Lazarus Chitwood (security
on Stephen's marriage bond) and brother Pleasant
Chitwood, each listed as 1 free poll. Also
included on this tax list was William Roberson, 1 free
poll, 1 black poll, and with 230 acres on East Fork,
likely Stephen's brother.
Fred Robertson wrote "About 1815 they
(Stephen, Winnie and family) moved a few miles north
to that fractional part of Claiborne Co. which was
detached to form part of Campbell Co." Checking
maps of that era and how the counties formed and
reformed, it would appear they might have settled in
an area near the Kentucky state line. It was
there in 1817 that the northwest corner of Claiborn
County was removed and became the northeast corner of
Campbell County. Indeed, according to "Early
East Tennessee Tax Lists", Mary Barnett Curtis; Arrow
Printing Company; Fort Worth, TX; 1964, Stephen
Robertson was on the 1823 Campbell County, Tennessee
tax list. Included on this same tax list was
Lazarus Robertson, Stephen and Winnie's oldest
child. Also named on the same tax list were
twelve Chitwoods, including Lazarus, Pleasant,
Shadrach, and Daniel - all names used by Stephen and
Winnie for some of their children. It is worth
noting that Stephen was not listed in the 1818
Campbell County tax list, although according to Fred's
narrative he should have been.
Here again it is important to
understand the boundary line changes that occurred in
the area where the ancestors lived. The current
northern Tennessee state line was under dispute the
first two decades of the 19th century. The
latitude of 36 degrees and 30 minutes north was
established by royal charters as the boundary line
between the colonies of Virginia and North
Carolina. By extension that latitude was to be
the line dividing Kentucky (a Virginia possession) and
Tennessee (a North Carolina possession). In 1779
a survey team was charged with running this line to
the west to physically mark the boundary between
Kentucky and Tennessee. The line that was
extended to the Tennessee River was called the Walker
Line after Dr. Thomas Walker, a survey team member
from Virginia. It was found after the fact that
due to improper corrections the Walker Line was
actually about 12 miles north of the true 36 degree,
30 minutes latitude. Kentucky refused to release
claim on this strip of land of 12 miles width, the
very area in which Stephen and his family
settled. Thus it was not surprising to find
Stephen and family and the Chitwoods in Pulaski
County, Kentucky during this time frame and not in
Tennessee until after a compromise made February 4,
1820 fixed the Tennessee and Kentucky boundary line as
we know it today, giving that 12 mile strip to the
jurisdiction of Tennessee with the right to issue
grants given to Kentucky.
From "The Kentucky Land Grants Vol. I
- II"; Willard Rouse Jillson; Filson Club
Publications; Louisville, Kentucky, 1925:
Roaring Paunch Creek is located in
southern Kentucky and into northern Tennessee near the
state line and immediately north of Winfield (known as
the village of Chitwood during the first 80 years of
its existence) in modern day Scott County.
During the timeframe of our research this was in
Pulaski County, Kentucky until the compromise of 1820
after which it fell in Campbell County,
Tennessee. Additionally, Pulaski County borders
were different in this timeframe from its modern
borders. During this period the county extended
all the way south to the Kentucky state line. In
addition to this area falling in the 12 mile wide
"Walker tract", Stephen's grant was part of the
Tellico Grants, (along with those Chitwood grants on
the first 7 lines). They apply to lands ceded to
the U.S. by the Cherokee Indians under the treaty of
1805. It is likely they worked the land for some
time before the survey was done and receiving a
grant. This understanding also helps us locate
Stephen in an early census (enumerated as Steven), the
1820 Pulaski County, Kentucky census (no township
listed) on page 63:
This census gets close to putting some
substance to another of Fred's statements, "They had
thirteen children." This statement likely
resulted from son Joseph's biography as noted in his
narrative below. This 1820 census identifies 9
children, and there were 3 known sons born after this
1820 census (see comments on Stephen's will
below). In this census Stephen's family is
listed on line 10 with the following Chitwoods listed
on the same page - Jas. Sr. line 6, Shadk Sr. line 8,
Lazarus line 9, Danl line 17, Shadk line 18, Pleasant
line 21, and Jas. line 22.
Fred Robertson then wrote "Stephen
left here (Campbell County, Tennessee) for Indiana in
1828. The family stopped in Ky. (one year) and
proceeded to Dubois Co. in Indiana and on to Brown Co.
Ind. The earliest record they were in Brown Co.
is Dec. 29, 1835 when Stephen and Shadrach patented
land in adjoining sections in Jackson Township.
Their land had a common boundary." Some of this
likely is part of family tradition as there are no
records that have been found of their travels.
It is true there is a Stephen Robertson in Dubois
County, Indiana in the 1830 census (Patoka Township,
page 57):
Assuming one of the males in this
household is Stephen, he is much too young to be our
Stephen. Additionally, according to the will to
follow, there should be three young boys less than 10
in this household. A possible explanation might
also be that Stephen, Winnie and some of the family
were an advance guard migration to Indiana and that at
the time of the 1830 enumeration Winnie and some of
her children were at home in Indiana while Stephen
went back to Kentucky to fetch the smaller children
who were left with the safety of relatives in
Kentucky. The older female would be Winnie, but
the age grouping of 50 to 60 does not seem right, and
is not consistent with the 1840 census (see Winnie's
narrative). No land records have been found for
Stephen in Dubois County, so it is not known for
certain if they settled there or not. There is
also a Stephen and family found in 1830 Manchester
Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, page 226:
While this family seems to fit the
family demographics of our Stephen as we know it from
the 1820 census, it does not seem likely that is the
case. This family is enumerated as the Stephen
Robison family in this township and county in the 1820
census, and we know our Stephen was in Pulaski County,
Kentucky at that time. It also seems possible
that Stephen and family could have been in transition
from Kentucky to Indiana and were not enumerated in
the 1830 census.
According to "Federal Land Entries for
Brown County, Indiana"; John W. Hamblen, Ph.D. and
Sandy Seitz; Brown County Genealogical Society, Inc.,
1994, Shadrach and Stephen Robertson each submitted
entries for 40 acres of federal land in Township 10N
and Range 2E on December 29, 1835 (Federal certificate
issued March 20, 1837). This land was
immediately east of the then east border of Monroe
County, in an area not yet formed into a county.
The modern boundaries of Monroe and Brown counties
were formed when Brown County was formed April 1,
1836. Shadrach's farm was along the western
border of section 25 and Stephen's along the eastern
border of section 26, and this was the border their
farms shared.
Stephen Robertson's will, dated
January 9, 1833, is recorded in Brown County, Indiana
Court Docket A. On page 686 of "Counties of
Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and
Biographical" by Charles Blanchard;F. A. Battey &
Co., Chicago; 1884, "At the November term, 1837, there
being no business, court adjourned. During
vacation, letters of administration were issued to
Banner and Esther Brummet, of the estate of James
Brummet, deceased. The will of Stephen Robertson
was also filed for record. At the February term,
1838, ... The will of Stephen Robertson was read and
admitted to probate. The court then
adjourned." In the will he leaves all his
property, real and personal, to his beloved wife (not
named). Upon her death he named his sons Joseph,
John and Daniel as heirs to "share and share alike the
amount thus bequethed to my wife". He named his
wife and Lazarus Robertson (without naming a
relationship) as executors. The 1820 census
above identified more than three children. These
three were the ones yet at home who had not reached
their majority. It is assumed the others had
received their inheritance, or were not in need of
further assistance as these three young ones would
be. Along with the fact that Lazarus was listed
along with Stephen in the 1823 Campbell County,
Tennessee tax list it would appear that Lazarus was
selected as executor because he is the oldest, or at
least the oldest child living in Brown County,
Indiana. According to Fred, "Stephen died here
about 1837. His will was probated January 9,
1838."
Fred's narrative may have been lacking
supporting documentation, but over all he was not too
far off base on Stephen's Tennessee and Indiana
history.
289. Winnie Chitwood, born Bet. 1780
- 1784 in North Carolina; died likely Bet. 1840 - 1850 in
Brown County, Indiana. She was the daughter of 578. James
Chitwood and 579. Martha White.
Notes for
Winnie Chitwood:
Winnie Chitwood married Stephen
Robertson on May 26, 1800 in Knox County,
Tennessee. The marriage bond between Stephen
Roberson and Winney Chitwood identified Lazarus
Chitwood as security. No primary source document
has been located that identifies her parentage, but
Lazarus serving as the marriage bond security and the
proximity of all the Chitwoods and the Stephen
Robertson family mentioned in Stephen's narrative lend
some credence to James and Martha White Chitwood being
her parents. An additional consideration is that
Winnie is named after James Chitwood's mother - i.e.
her maternal grandmother. Son Joseph's narrative
below references his biography which confirms the
above relationship by stating his mother was a
daughter of James Chitwood. Joseph's biography
also identified his mother as Winnie (Webb)
Robertson. This notation is typically used to
identify maiden names, yet the biography goes ahead to
identify her as the daughter of James Chitwood.
It can also be used to identify a previous married
name, yet no previous marriage has been found yet for
Winnie. While some researchers have published
her name as Winnie Webb Chitwood, I have chosen not to
do so until I find an independent source that confirms
or explains this.
Winnie is included in the 1820 Pulaski
County, Kentucky census above. She is head of
household, and listed as Winna Roberson, in the 1840
Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana census, page
189:
Using the 1820 and 1840 censuses
containing Winnie allow us to identify her birth date
as sometime between June 2, 1780 and June 1,
1790. Given her marriage to Stephen in 1800 it
is most probable she was born around 1780 to
1784. After the 1840 census Winnie is not found
in any subsequent censuses. She likely died in
Brown County sometime between 1840 and 1850.
Son Joseph's biography below states,
"Stephen and Winnie (Webb) Robertson, were the parents
of thirteen sons and daughters." The census
entries above help us to place most of these children,
but leave a couple of questions (see the individual
narratives below to see why the named individuals are
thought to be their children). According to the
1820 census there are 2 sons in the 16 to 26 age
group, one of which is 16 to 18:
Lazarus born about 1801 (age
19); one unknown male.
There are one male and two females in the 10 to 16 age
group, namely:
Martha born about 1805 (age 15);
Shadrach born about 1807 (age 13); Elizabeth
born about 1809 (age 11).
And there are 3 males and 1 female in the under 10 age
group, namely:
Pleasant born about 1814 (age
6); Isaac born about 1817 (age 3); one
unknown male; one unknown female.
In the 1840 Brown County census there are 2 males in the
15 to 20 age group:
Joseph born about 1822 (age 18);
John born about 1825 (age 15).
There was 1 male in the under 10 to 15 age group:
Daniel born about 1828 (age 12).
These latter three sons are the underage sons listed in
Stephen's will. The 1840 census for Winney shows a
female in an age group consistent with the unknown
female in the 1820 census.
The above listings account for 12
children. Review of the 1810 to 1820 timespan
shows three spans where a child would fit. There
is a good possibility there was a third unknown child
in that age group that did not live to be enumerated
in the 1820 census. At this time I am uncertain
who the 4 unknown children are. Some people have
identified the James D. Robertson who married Mary
Hardesty in Monroe County, Indiana October 26, 1827 as
a son, yet the marriage date would have placed him as
age 17 or less at marriage. Additionally, his
census entries identify him as born about 1801, which
does not fit the census entries for Stephen's
family. Some have identified sons Cornelius and
Alexander, with no proof other than an article found
in "History of Brown County Families" found at the
Brown County Historical Society. At this time I
have not been able to locate a Cornelius or Alexander
that would fit this family and its travels. The
book "Descendants of Matthias Chitwood" compiled by I.
O. Chitwood, 1986 offers 2 sons Stephen and Thomas,
again with no proof. This book offers 3 unnamed
daughters among the 6 unnamed childred, the only
material I have seen to indicate 3 daughters, but also
shows only 10 children. To this point, I have
not found a Stephen or Thomas who fit Stephen and
Winnie's family profile.
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144 | i. | Lazarus Robertson,
born Abt. 1801 in likely Anderson County, Tennessee; died
March 02, 1847 in Agua Nueva, Mexico; married Jane Leeper
Abt. 1821 in Tennessee.
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ii. | Unknown Robertson,
born Bet. 1809 - 1814 in Tennessee; died Unknown.
According to the 1820 Pulaski
County, Kentucky census Stephen and Winnie had 2 males
in the 16 to 26 age group, with one being in the 16 to
18 age group. One of the males was Lazarus and the
other is unknown at this time. This "placeholder"
is meant to account for one of their unknown
children. Because Joseph's narrative below states
there were 13 children of Stephen and Winnie I have
included 4 placeholders in what appear to be gaps in the
somewhat natural progression of births.
Note added Sept. 2023: Researchers for years have included Robert as a son of Stephen and Winnie Chitwood Robertson, including myself and Family Study No. 192 as produced by Brown County Genealogical Society. Information passed along to me by Jennifer Petrozzo has placed Robert in the correct family, that of Joseph and Susannah Childress Robertson, also located in Brown County, Indiana and thought to be brother to Stephen. Joseph Robertson's will was recorded in Brown County, Indiana in April 1839. He died with real estate at the SW quarter of Section 24 Township 10R2 East, and the will stated that after his widow's (Susannah) death the property was to go to sons Joseph Robertson (Jr.) and Mitchel Robertson, and grandson James Shelton. After Susannah's death in 1855, the following suit was filed in Brown County Common Pleas Court: "State of Indiana "Brown County "Brown Common pleas Feb. 7,1858 "The undersigned Eliza Parsley would respectfully represent to the Court that Joseph Robertson, Senr. died Seized in fee Simple of the following real Estate Situate in Said County of Brown and State of Indiana, towit, The SW qr of Sec 24 T 10R2 East. That decedent left a will which was duly admitted to Probate by the terms said wiil it was provided that after the death of the widow of decedent the Said real estate was to be absolutly(sic), and Jointly equally the property of Joseph Robertson and Mitchell Robertson Sons of Said decedent and James Shelton, Grandson of decedent that Since the proof and probate of Said will the since widow of Said decedent has deceased that on the 15th day of September 1855. The Said Joseph Robertson, James Shelton, and Olly Shelton wife of Said James Shelton Sold and transferred to petitioner by Deed in fee Simple the undivided two thirds part and the undivided tenth part of one third part of Said real Estate. Therefore your petitioner asks that an order be made and commissioner appointed by the Court to make partition of Said real estate Setting off to petitioner her said parts as aforesaid that petitioner asks that Shadrick Chandler, Ursuley Chandler, Daniel Robertson, Isaac Robertson, Lucy Robertson, Robert Robertson, Louisa Robertson, Lewis Brummet, Lavina Brummet and others the unknown Heirs of Mitchel Robertson deceased, be made defendents to this petition. "Signed Eliza J. Parsley "By Hester & Ohmsted her Attys." Robert Robertson was of the Joseph Robertson family, which helps to explain why Stephen's children commonly chose children names honoring their parents and/or their siblings, however only one child had a Robert. While not a son of Stephen and Winnie, this narrative still has information pertaining to Robert. Robert Robertson, born Abt. 1803 in likely Anderson County, Tennessee; died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Brown County, Indiana; married (1) Susanna Hood Bef. 1825 in likely Campbell County, Tennessee; born Bet. 1805 - 1806 in South Carolina; died Bet. 1860 - 1868 in Brown County, Indiana; married (2) Rebecca Lawler November 26, 1868 in Bartholomew County, Indiana; born March 1811 in South Carolina; died Abt. 1903 in likely Brown County, Indiana. Robert was an early inhabitant of
Brown County, Indiana. According to "Counties of
Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: historical and
biographical", Weston A. Goodspeed, Chicago: F.A. Battey
& Co., 1884, Robert was seated as a grand juror for
the October 1836 session (page 685). At the first
meeting of the County Board, in 1836, Robert along with
Shadrach and Pleasant were among the inhabitants living
along or near the Jackson's Licks & Martinsville
road ordered to report to William Davidson to help
extend the road northward to Bear Creek (page 735), and
in 1839 Robert was one of two appointed Fence Viewers
(page 735). Robert purchased 26.39 acres of
Federal land in Jackson Township on August 28, 1837,
receiving the patent August 1, 1839. On February
9, 1843 Robert purchased 40 acres of Federal land in
neighboring Washington Township, receiving the patent
May 1, 1845.
In the previous paragraph Robert,
Shadrach and Pleasant were identified among a group of
men living along or near a certain road and ordered to
work on the road. Included among that group were
William Robertson and William Robertson, Jr. There
were other Robertsons in Jackson Township, Brown County
at the same time as Stephen's family. In fact,
there was a Susannah Robertson in the 1840 and 1850
Jackson Township censuses and the 1850 census
indentifies children born in Tennessee and in the same
timeframe as Stephen and Winnie's children. How do
I know that Robert is a son of Stephen and Winnie?
That is the problem, I don't know for certain.
Robert's approximate birth year fits with the other
children, most of whom are more confidently identified
as their children. There is an amount of
uncertainty associated with each child since there are
no birth records or similar documents to clearly
identify the children. What exists is an article
in "Brown County, Indiana: history and families,
1836-1990", Dorothy Birney Bailey; Brown County
Historical Society, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah,
Kentucky, 1991 (page 205) which names all 13 children
but does not point to any source documentation.
Likewise, the "Robert Robertson Family Study No. 192",
Kenneth J. Reeve and Helen H. Reeve, Brown County
Genealogical Society, Inc., Nashville, Indiana, 1998
identifies Robert as son of Stephen and Winnie, but does
not state how they know that.
Several of the other children cause
the same dilemma, although they often named their
children after siblings or Stephen or Winnie. With
the uniqueness of a couple of the names (Winnie and
Lazarus, for example), the likelihood of parent child
relationship is easier to accept. With Robert this
does not occur either. I leave Robert as a child
for now, largely because the birth year seems to fit and
his close proximity in Brown County to Shadrach and
Pleasant. In addition to being close to Shadrach
and Pleasant, Robert's first land purchase in Brown
County, NW of NW of Section 5, Township 9-N, Range 2-E,
was adjacent to three plots of land Lazarus purchased
and separated by 40 acres from a plot purchased by
Isaac. But I leave it open to removing Robert if
different evidence should present itself.
Robert and family are found in the
1840 Jackson Township, Brown County census listed as
Robert Roberson (page 189). In 1850 they are found
in Washington Township, page 201B, and in 1860 (page 58)
and again in 1870 (page 376B). Robert and
Susannah's children are named Harriet, John, Adelaine,
Aaron, Margaret, Perry and Robert, giving no evidence of
Stephen, Winnie or sibling names. Perhaps, like
Stephen and Winnie did, they named many of their
children after Susannah's side. The 1860 census
shows Robert with Susannah but the 1870 census shows
Robert with Rebecca. According to the "Robert
Robertson Family Study No. 192" a crude fieldstone found
in Duncan Cemetery engraved "SUSAN ROBINSON" and next to
a one with only initials, that could be taken for
Robert's. The study goes ahead to say, "As these
two stones are positioned close to grave of son Robert
E. Robertson and wife, it seems likely these are graves
of Robert and Susannah." Robert and wife are not
found in the 1880 census. It may be that Robert
died prior to 1880. He definitely died before 1900
where Rebecca is identified as mother in the Washington
Township, Brown County household of Benjamin F. Sibert
(page 90A) and is listed as a widow. Rebecca was
first married to Peter Sibert.
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iii. | Martha Robertson,
born July 15, 1805 in likely Anderson County, Tennessee;
died December 14, 1868 in Greene County, Indiana; married
William Ellis Abt. 1823 - 1824 in likely Campbell County,
Tennessee; born September 02, 1803 in Knox County or
Campbell County, Tennessee; died September 20, 1878 in
Greene County, Indiana.
Martha is identified as a child of
Stephen and Winnie Robertson by way of a biography of
one of their children in "History of Greene and Sullivan
Counties, State of Indiana"; Goodspeed Bros. and Co.,
Chicago, 1884. The biography of George W. Ellis,
page 375, states in part, "William Ellis, father of the
subject of this sketch, was born October 14, 1803, in
Tennessee; was married to Martha Robertson, who was born
in Georgia (sic), July 13, 1805, a daughter of Stephen
and Winnie Robertson, and three years after his marriage
emigrated to Brown county, Ind." Additionally,
William and Martha had seventeen children, and among
their names were son Stephen and daughter Winnie.
Their children, as named in the biography, were
Elizabeth, James, Winnie, John, Margaret, Sarah,
William, Joel, Robert, Martha, Mary, George W., Stephen,
Lucy, Rebecca, Nancy and Rhoda.
William's father was Robert Ellis,
and Robert's extensive affidavit for a Revolutionary War
pension gives a clue as to William's birthplace.
"He again volunteered for a seventh and last time to
range the frontiers for 12 months, entered the service
about the first day of March (1782) or there about...and
after serving out 12 months, had a written discharge
from said Captain John Norwood early in the spring of
1783. The applicant continued to live in Abbeville
District South Carolina a little upwards of one year
after the last period of his service aforesaid and moved
to the state of Georgia Elbert County lived at different
places in Georgia about thirteen years, thence to Knox
County Tennessee staid there about six years, thence to
Campbell County Tennessee, staid there thirty years,
thence to Morgan County Tennessee, staid there five
years, thence to Greene County Indiana..." Born in
1803, places William's birth late in Robert's stay in
Knox County or early in his stay in Campbell
County. This also identifies how William and
Martha could have met with both living in Campbell
County in the early 1820's.
William and Mary likely married
about 1823 - 1824 and likely in Campbell County,
Tennessee. According to the biography William and
Martha migrated to Brown County, Indiana about 1826 -
1827. Except that Brown County was not created
until 1836. The 1830 Monroe County, Indiana shows
the William Ellis family on page 169. It is
possible that William and Martha led the Robertson
migration to Indiana.
The biography states further that
William and family settled in Greene County about
1833. William took patents on several tracks - 40
acres with patent issued November 17, 1837; 40 acres
with patent issued September 7, 1838; 40 acres with
patent issued October 1, 1840; and another 40 acres with
patent issued October 1, 1840. The family is
listed in the 1840 Greene County census, page 105, the
1850 Stockton Township, Greene County census, page 360B,
and the 1860 Stockton Township, Greene County census,
page 522. They lived out their lives in Greene
County, with Martha dying 10 years prior to
William. William then married Arnilla Hester Bays
January 1, 1838. Arnilla was 31 years old when
they married. William and Martha are buried in
Samaria Cemetery near Linton, Greene County, Indiana.
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iv. | Shadrach Robertson,
born May 8, 1807 in likely Anderson County, Tennessee; died
March 9, 1869 in Bethany Township, Harrison County,
Missouri; married Ferriby/Ferraby Wilson Bef. 1830; born
Abt. 1806 in Kentucky; died likely Bet. 1870 - 1880.
Shadrach first appears in the 1820
census of Stephen's narrative as the male of age 10 and
under the age of 16. This would place Shadrach's
birth date between August 8, 1804 and August 7,
1810. Shadrach appears to be the second child
named after Winnie's siblings, Lazarus being the
first. The next appearance of Shadrach is when he
and father Stephen purchase government land in what was
to become Brown County, Indiana. According to
"Federal Land Entries for Brown County, Indiana"; John
W. Hamblen, Ph.D. and Sandy Seitz; Brown County
Genealogical Society, Inc., 1994, Shadrach and Stephen
Robertson each submitted entries for 40 acres of federal
land in Township 10N and Range 2E on December 29, 1835
(Federal certificate issued March 20, 1837). This
land was immediately east of the then east border of
Monroe County, in an area not yet formed into a
county. The modern boundaries of Monroe and Brown
counties were formed when Brown County was formed April
1, 1836. Shadrach's farm was along the western
border of section 25 and Stephen's along the eastern
border of section 26, and this was the border their
farms shared. In the 1840 census Shadrach is
enumerated as Shadrick Roberson (Jackson Township, Brown
County, Indiana, page 191) on line 3, between Winna
Robertson on line 2 and Isaac Roberson on line 4:
2 males under 5
1 male of 5 and under 10
1 male of 30 and under 40
2 females under 5
1 female of 30 and under 40
Shadrach does not appear in the 1850
Indiana census, but instead is found in 1850 Harrison
County, Missouri (27th District, page 441A). In
each of the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses this family is
enumerated as Robinson. Additionally an October 2,
1854 land patent for 83.31 acres in the east half of Lot
2 and the west half of Lot 1 of the NW 1/4 of Section 5
in Township 62 of Range 28 in Harrison County is issued
in the name of Shadrach Robinson. Why do I feel
this is Stephen's son Shadrach? The 1850 census is
as follows:
Shadrach is age 43, born
approximately 1807, and born in Tennessee, which fits
the previous census profiles. Children Stephen and
Winny make a stronger case for this being the son on
Stephen. Finally, the headstones of Shadrach,
Elizabeth and Solomon in Harrison County identify them
as Robertson. Son Stephen, who is found in
Poweshiek County in 1880, 1900 and 1910, is enumerated
at Robertson.
Shadrach's situation seems to be another where Robinson
and Robertson were used interchangeably.
As seen by son Hugh's birth in
Indiana and daughter Winnie's birth in Missouri, the
family migrated west circa 1843. The 1850 census
shows an age gap between William and Millia. A
headstone in Oakland Cemetery (Wheeler Cemetery) in
Jefferson Township, Harrison County for Elizabeth
Robertson, died July 6, 1847 at age 14, and identified
as daughter of Shadrach & F. Robertson
explains some of that gap. Son Solomon is buried
in the same cemetery with a death date of January 29,
1862, age 30, and also identified as son of Shadrach
& F. Robertson.
Daughter Winnie married Lyman Sparks and continued to
make her home in Harrison County, dying sometime after
1920. Joseph married Mary Elizabeth Holland July
30, 1868 in Harrison County and they moved along with
her parents to Chase County, Kansas. Stephen was
enumerated in the 1860 Bloomington Township, Buchanan
County, Missouri (page 60) where he is listed as
Robinson and is single and a farmhand. In this
same census brother Solomon is found in the same county
enumerated as Robison and is married and a
farmhand. Fred Robertson, in his book on the
Stephen Robertson family, stated that Moses, Charles and
mother Jane Robertson (wife of Lazarus Robertson) went
to Missouri about 1873, with the place being possibly
St. Joseph (Buchanan County), and returned to Iowa about
1885. The census entries for Jane do not support
this statement, but they may have indeed visited there
and drawn Stephen north to Iowa with them. Stephen
is shown in Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County
censuses as follows - 1870 as Stephen Robinson on page
397A, 1880 as Stephn Robertson on page 638B, 1900 as
Steven H. Robertson on page 178A. In 1910 he is
widowed and living in the household of his daughter
Hattie in Union Township, page 205A.
Shadrach died March 9, 1869 in
Harrison County, Missouri and his headstone in Oakland
Cemetery (Wheeler Cemetery), Jefferson Township says he
was 61 years, 10 months, 1 day old and the husband of
F. Ferriby/Ferraby is found in the 1870 Bethany
Township, Harrison County, Missouri census, page 21A,
with 2 children living with her - Millie, age 31, and
Jeremiah, age 23. After this census
Ferriby/Ferraby is not found in any census nor is she
shown as buried with Shadrach. She likely went to
live with a child and is buried in that location, which
is unknown at this time. Fellow Robertson
researcher Jeffrey Pierce, put me on to son Stephen
located in the 1925 Iowa State census in Oskaloosa City
Ward 2, Mahaska County in the home of daughter and
son-in-law James and Rose Oliverson. That census
entry identifies his father as Chadric Roberts and
mother as Pheoba Wilson. Based on the number of
instances in Harrison County, Missouri where Shadrach's
wife is identified as Ferriby/Ferraby, including the
headstones where she is shown as F., I have continued to
use that as her given name. With the given name in
the 1925 census ending in an "a" and with the lazy way
he spelled Shadrach Robertson, I am doubtful he meant
Phoebe. I tend to believe he intended something on
the order of Ferriby/Ferraby. At least that is the
assumption I am going with.
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v. | Elizabeth
Robertson, born January 15, 1809 in likely Anderson County,
Tennessee; died December 22, 1867 in Mahaska County, Iowa;
married Michael Fleener, Sr. June 07, 1829 in Bloomington,
Monroe County, Indiana; born July 15, 1805 in Sullivan
County, Tennessee; died January 1851 in Johnson County,
Indiana.
Elizabeth is one of the females of
age 10 and under age 16 in the 1820 Pulaski County,
Kentucky census. She was born January 15, 1809 in
Tennessee. According to the narrative for her
father Stephen, it is likely she was born in Anderson
County, Tennessee. She is recorded as having
married Michael Fleener June 7, 1829 in Bloomington,
Monroe County, Indiana. Because the Stephen
Robertson family started the migration from Tennessee
circa 1828 and were in Indiana by 1830, it is possible
Elizabeth migrated with them and met Michael after they
arrived in Indiana. However, they did not settle
in Monroe County upon arrival according to Fred
Robertson's narrative. On the other hand sister
Martha and husband William were in Monroe County circa
1825, and it is likely Elizabeth went with them.
The Fleener family took a path
somewhat similar to the Robertsons, starting in
Washington County, Virginia, then migrating to
Tennessee, then Kentucky and finally Monroe and Brown
Counties, Indiana. "Counties of Morgan, Monroe and
Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical" by Charles
Blanchard;F. A. Battey & Co., Chicago; 1884 states
on page 735 in the Jackson Township, Brown County
section "At the first meeting of the County Board, in
1836, a district was established on the 'Jackson's Licks
& Martinsville road,' to extend from the Licks
northward to Bear Creek, and William Davidson was
appointed Superintendent, and the following 'hands'
living along or near the road were ordered to report to
him for work: ... Robert Robertson, Shadrach Robertson,
Pleasant Robertson, ... Michael Fleener, Aaron Fleener
..." Later on the same page, "The Youngs and the
Fleeners were among the very first in the
township." It is likely the Fleeners settled in
easternmost Monroe County, which fell within the Brown
County boundaries when it was formed in 1836.
It is possible the Michael Fleener
family in 1830 Monroe County, Indiana census, page 154
is Michael, Elizabeth with their first born child
Catherine. Michael and family can not be found in
the 1840 census, however it likely is this Michael
Fleener who was dealing in land in Harrison County,
Missouri in the mid-1840s. He had land grant
certificates issued April 1, 1846 for 152.6 acres, June
1, 1846 for 79.69 acres, and June 10, 1848 for 72.12
acres, 80 acres and another for 80 acres. There is
a good likelihood this is Michael and Elizabeth for
several reasons. Brothers Simon and Samuel Fleener
and sister Ary, wife of Allen Hubbard, are all found in
Harrison County. We know that Elizabeth's brother,
Shadrach, and his family migrated to Harrison County
circa 1843. It is possible Michael's family
preceded Shadrach's family to Harrison County and may be
one of the reasons for Shadrach's family moving
there. The 1850 census for Michael and family,
found in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana, page
129B shows the following:
The birth of Mary Ann in Missouri
circa 1840 seems to indicate the Fleener family arrived
in Missouri before Shadrach's family and helps to
explain how they were missed in the 1840 census.
According to "History of Poweshiek County Iowa, Vol 1"
by Prof. L. F. Parker; S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
Chicago; 1911, page 280, "Samuel Fleener was one of a
large family of children who came to Sugar Creek
township in 1851. The brothers coming here at that
time were, John, Joseph, Michael, Pleasant, and
Samuel. Their father, Michael Fleener, came
through the county prior to 1850, and entered land
here. Going from here to Missouri he died soon
after. In 1851 the widow and her family,
consisting of five sons and six daughters, came and
occupied the land."
As evidenced by the birth of
Pleasant circa 1849 in Indiana, Michael's family were
back in Johnson County, Indiana by 1850. Michael's
will, dated August 1, 1850, and recorded in Book A, page
200, Will Record of Johnson County, Indiana shows him to
be in poor health. The will had several conditions
placed on his widow related to use/sale of the property
in Johnson County. The clause that ended up being
invoked reads "...or if the family should remove to the
West, that the money be laid out for land for the
benefit of my children with the exception of six hundred
dollars of which shall be laid out for a farm for the
benefit of my wife as provided for in item the first of
this my will." Johnson County probate states that
Michael died testate in 1851 and on February 3, 1851
Comma R. Ragsdale was appointed executor. He sold
the Johnson County land and purchased land in Poweshiek
County and Mahaska County, Iowa for use of the widow and
the children.
A couple of the children ran afoul
of the law during the stay in Poweshiek County.
Again according to "History of Poweshiek County Iowa,
Vol 1", page 190-192, "The year 1864 was the most
anxious period of the Civil war after its first year
closed. It was the year when Clement L.
Vallandingham made his most desperate effort to multiply
the members of that many named society often call 'The
Knights of the Golden Circle,' and the year of its
greatest success. Its plan was to enroll as many
as possible, to dissuade from enlistments in the Union
army, to resist a draft and to be ready when the
opportune time should come, and they were thoroughly
prepared to attack the prisons in which Confederates
were confined in the north, to set the prisoners at
liberty, to place arms in their hands, and begin a war
in the north with such a force that a peace would soon
be conquered. When the public mind was most
fevered in this county in 1864, a draft was ordered
here. Captain Mathews was made provost marshal and
put in charge of the draft for this district and
Grinnell was his headquarters...Some who were drafted
from Sugar Creek township and vicinity failed to
report. Captain Mathews sent out two deputies -
Captain John L. Bashore of Appanoose county, and Josiah
M. Woodruff of Marion county, to notify them that they
were desired to report at the marshal's office a few
days later..." After some inquiries in the area
and the deputy marshals had competed their mission as
far as possible they started for home. They
encountered some of the draft evaders and "some
conversation occurred between the two parties.
Satisfied that they were in no friendly mood and that
trouble was brewing, Bashore sprang out of the buggy to
explain their errand, a simple invitation to those
drafted to report at Grinnell in three days. Soon
the Fleeners (John and Joseph) and Gleason began to fire
upon them. Woodruff was shot through the head and
died immediateloy. Bashore was shot in the back
and was able to give his account of the fray before he
died. The Fleeners fled quickly, leaving Gleason
on the ground with a broken hip...Gleason sometimes
confessed and sometimes denied having a part in the
attack. The Fleeners fled from the state to
Missouri and returned only somewhat recently
(1911)...The Fleeners left property in Sugar
Creek. After a time some of the heirs of John
Fleener insisted that he was dead and secured the
appointment of Joel G. Hambleton as administrator.
The other heirs furnished evidence before the property
was divided that he was living, and nothing further was
done as to the property."
Joseph has been found, however John
has not yet been found. Joseph married Lavina
Mitchell, daughter of Matthew and Nancy Smith Mitchell,
on May 12, 1858 in Mahaska County, Iowa (LDS film
#985381 Mahaska County, Iowa Marriage Records Vol. 1-3,
1844-1864). They are found in 1860 Prairie
Township, Mahaska County, on page 83, with one year old
daughter Nancy E. Joseph registers for the draft
in Mahaska County in 1863 and he is listed on an 1864
IRS tax assessment list in Mahaska County for a stallion
owned by him. But with a price on his head for the
murders committed in Poweshiek County, he and his family
fled to Henry County, Missouri and, in the process,
changed their name to White. They appear in the
1870 Grand River Township census, page 119, as Joseph
and Lavina White. The three older children show as
born in Illinois, but were in fact born in Iowa.
Illinois was part of the cover story that was created to
avoid detection. Joseph's obituary states "He was
born in Brown county, Ind., Sept. 15, 1834, where he
lived until he was 10 years old, when he moved to North
Missouri, then back to Indiana, and in a short while to
Illinois, where he grew to manhood and married Lavina
Mitchell." In Henry County he was a model citizen,
farming 610 acres as well as being a large stock raiser
and feeder, and serving as one of the directors in the
Henry County Bank. Other articles suggested that
John had fled to Kansas, not Missouri. At this
time no trace has been found of him. Some people
familiar with this family suggest that John assumed the
surname McCoy and lived in Missouri and Arkansas.
However, as stated above, John had not been found at
this time.
Elizabeth appears in the 1860 Sugar
Creek Township, Poweshiek County census page 485.
This show the last child of she and Michael who was born
after the 1850 census was taken. Shown two pages
away is nephew William Riley Robertson living next to
son Samuel Fleener. Elizabeth died December 22,
1867 and is buried in Stewart Cemetery, Prairie
Township, Mahaska County, Iowa
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vi. | Unknown Robertson,
born Bet. 1809 - 1814 in Tennessee; died Unknown.
According to the 1820 Pulaski
County, Kentucky census Stephen and Winnie had 3 males
and 1 female in the under 10 age group. Two males
were accounted for in the names of Pleasant and
Isaac. That leaves one male and one female that at
this time are unknown. This "placeholder" is meant
to account for one of these unknown children.
Because Joseph's narrative below states there were 13
children of Stephen and Winnie I have included 3
placeholders in what appear to be gaps in the somewhat
natural progression of births.
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vii. | Pleasant Emanuel
Robertson, born April 30, 1814 in Anderson County,
Tennessee; died November 20, 1873 in Monroe County, Indiana;
married Mary McCoy June 26, 1834 in Monroe County, Indiana;
born April 21, 1808 in Tennessee; died November 15, 1873 in
Monroe County, Indiana.
Pleasant appears to be yet another
child named after one of Winnie's siblings. Gene
Robertson, a direct descendant of Pleasant, confirms
Pleasant as a son of Stephen and Winnie and also
confirms his birth date as April 30, 1814 and his birth
location as Anderson County, Tennessee. Applying
this to Fred's Robertson narrative, this would likely
place Pleasant as the last child born in Anderson County
before the family moved to Campbell County. When
Stephen's family moved from Tennessee in 1828 Pleasant
would have been just 14 years old. As the family
began settlement in Brown County, Indiana circa 1835
Pleasant would have been 21 years old and among the
Robertsons recognized as an early settler.
"Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana:
Historical and Biographical" by Charles Blanchard;F. A.
Battey & Co., Chicago; 1884 states on page 735 in
the Jackson Township, Brown County section "At the first
meeting of the County Board, in 1836, a district was
established on the 'Jackson's Licks & Martinsville
road,' to extend from the Licks northward to Bear Creek,
and William Davidson was appointed Superintendent, and
the following 'hands' living along or near the road were
ordered to report to him for work: ... Robert Robertson,
Shadrach Robertson, Pleasant Robertson, ... Michael
Fleener, Aaron Fleener ..."
Pleasant married Mary McCoy in 1834
in neighboring Monroe County and their first child,
William A., was born in Monroe County on November 4,
1834. But it appears from the above quote they
spent some of the first couple of years of married life
in Brown County. By early 1837 (delivery of
federal certificate August 2, 1838) Pleasant had
patented 40 acres of land in the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of
Section 9 of Range 1-E Township 9-N (Monroe County,
Benton Township). On May 10, 1848 a federal patent
certificate was issued to Pleasant for the adjacent 40
acres to the west of the first purchase (SW 1/4 of the
SE 1/4 of Section 9). On December 1, 1849 a
federal patent certificate was issued to Pleasant
Roberson for the adjacent 40 acres to the east of the
first purchase (SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section
10). The last federal patent certificate shown for
Pleasant Robertson was issued January 3, 1855 for the 40
acres of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10.
Pleasant and Mary spent the rest of
their lives in Benton Township, birthing 9 children in
the process. They are buried in Unionville
Cemetery in Benton Township.
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viii. | Unknown Robertson,
born Bet. 1814 - 1817 in Tennessee; died Unknown.
According to the 1820 Pulaski
County, Kentucky census Stephen and Winnie had 3 males
and 1 female in the under 10 age group. Two males
were accounted for in the names of Pleasant and
Isaac. That leaves one male and one female that at
this time are unknown. This "placeholder" is meant
to account for one of these unknown children.
Because Joseph's narrative below states there were 13
children of Stephen and Winnie I have included 3
placeholders in what appear to be gaps in the somewhat
natural progression of births.
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ix. | Isaac Robertson,
born March 17, 1817 in likely Campbell County, Tennessee;
died December 18, 1876 in Pike County, Illinois; married
Lucy Robertson April 11, 1836 in Brown County, Indiana; born
January 15, 1805 in Tennessee; died October 15, 1870 in Pike
County, Illinois.
Isaac appears to be one of the males
in the 1820 Pulaski County, Kentucky census who is under
the age of 10. Isaac next appears in the 1840
Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana census on page
191. He is shown on line 4, enumerated as Isaac
Roberson, with Winna Roberson on line 2 and Shadrick
Roberson on line 3. Isaac married Lucy Robertson
(likely first cousin) in Brown County, Indiana April 11,
1836. In the December 14, 1857 Brown County Common
Pleas court case reported in the Robert Robertson
narrative, the list of "defendants" included Isaac
Robertson and Lucy Robertson. Isaac was son of
Stephen and Lucy was daughter of Joseph Sr. If
Stephen and Joseph Sr. were brothers as speculated, then
Isaac and Lucy were first cousins.
Isaac Robertson patented 40 acres in
the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 32 of Jackson
Township on March 6, 1841 (federal certificate delivered
August 1, 1842) and another 40 acres in the SW 1/4 of
the NW 1/4 of Section 33 of Jackson Township on May 11,
1850 (federal certificate delivered December 10,
1850). Isaac and family are shown in the 1850
Jackson Township census, page 208B and included among
the 6 children are James, Winney and Pleasant. By
1860 Isaac and his family are found in Hadley Township,
Pike County, Illinois (census page 927). Again the
census identifies 6 children - Mary, James, Joseph,
Cynthia, Winny, and Pleasant. But the 1870 census,
while showing Isaac and Lucy yet in Pike County (Barry
Township, page 269B), also shows two new children who
were not shown in the 1860 census - John, age 19, born
in Indiana and Susan, age 18, born in Illinois.
Why were they not enumerated in the 1860 census?
With John born in Indiana and Susan born in Illinois,
this seems to identify their migration to Illinois as
late 1851 to early 1852. This seems to be
corrobated by a notation in "Historical Sketches of Cass
County, Illinois, Vol. 1" by J. N. Gridley; Virginia
Enquirer Publisher; Virginia, Illinois, 1907, "Between
the years 1851 and 1855 the subject of this sketch
(Logan Proctor) knocked about, ... , and, with Joseph
and Isaac Robertson, run a threshing machine."
Cass County is just a little north and east of Pike
County. If this is the same Isaac, then it seems
to corroborate the timing of their arrival in Illinois.
Why did Isaac's family move to
Illinois? Only they could answer that question,
but the choice of Cass County may have been driven
because of family. While I have not explored
Lucy's family line, there are some Robertson families in
that county in 1850 who may have been her relatives -
Robert Roberson, born ca 1825 in Indiana and in Illinois
prior to 1847; John Robertson, born ca 1810 in Indiana
and in Illinois prior to 1830; and Joseph Robertson,
born ca 1815 and in Illinois prior to 1834, but no
Isaacs. It is this Joseph who, along with Isaac,
ran the threshing machine.
Isaac and Lucy were the parents of
Mary, born May 8, 1837 in Brown County, Indiana and died
December 15, 1876 in Pike County, Illinois (and is
buried with Isaac and Lucy in Old Kinderhook Cemetery);
James, born May 28, 1837 in Brown County and died March
16, 1903 in Maries County, Missouri; Joseph, born May
16, 1841 in Brown County and died August 13, 1914 in
Maries County, Missouri; Cynthia, born May 18, 1842 in
Brown County, died May 19, 1910 in Benton County,
Missouri; Winnie, born August 12, 1843 in Brown County,
died September 14, 1877 in Pike County (and is buried
with Isaac and Lucy in Old Kinderhook Cemetery);
Pleasant, born March 9, 1845 in Brown County, died
February 1, 1901 in Benton County, Missouri; John, born
abt. 1851 in Brown County, died unknown; and Susan, born
abt. 1852 in Pike County, died unknown.
Daughter Mary is sometimes confused
with the Mary Robertson born ca 1836 in Indiana and
married to James Addison Weddle in Brown County, Indiana
on July 19, 1855. In 1860 Brown County they have
daughter Sarah J. born ca 1856 and son Jasper born ca
1859. Then in 1870 Edgar County, Illinois James'
family has a new wife/mother, Nancy born ca 1848 in
Indiana, and additional children - son Herman born ca
1860 in Indiana, daughter Amanda born ca 1863 in Indiana
and daughter Louisa born ca 1868 in Indiana. The
birth span between Amanda and Louisa suggests different
mothers. Daughter Sarah's Illinois marriage record
gave Mary Robinson as her mother. Son Jasper's
Illinois marriage record gave Mary Roberts (sic) as his
mother. Son Herman's Illinois marriage record gave
Mary Robinson as his mother. Daughter Amanda's
Illinois marriage record gave Mary Robinson as her
mother. Then daughter Louisa's Illinois marriage
record gives Nancy Fleener as her mother. That is
because James A. Weddle married Nancy J. (or Y.) Fleener
in Brown County, Indiana May 22, 1866.
Now Isaac's family, including their
daughter Mary, was likely in Cass County, Illinois in
the early 1850's and were in Pike County, Illinois in
1860 for the census taken on August 24th. That
same year Mary Robertson Weddle was in Brown County,
Indiana for the census taken on August 8th. Mary
Weddle was perhaps dead ca 1863 based on the above
information whereas Isaac's Mary was in the 1870 census
and died in 1876.
Mary Robertson Weddle was likely the
Mary Robertson, born ca 1837, found in the William and
Elizabeth Robertson household in 1850 Benton Township,
Monroe County, Indiana. In 1860 James and Mary
Robertson Weddle are at home in 1860 Jackson Township,
Brown County, bordering on the county line with Benton
Township, Monroe County. In 1860 the William and
Elizabeth household are also in Jackson Township in the
Bean Blossom and Gold Creek Post Office region. I
believe Mary of Isaac's family never married. I do
not yet have concrete documentation on this information
regarding the two Mary's and would appreciate any such
material that might be offered.
Lucy died October 15, 1870 and is
buried in Old Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook Township,
Pike County, Illinois. Isaac married widow
Isabelle (Layne) Hixson on March 1, 1874 in Pike
County. Isaac was nearly 57 years old while
Isabelle was just 34 years old. Isaac and Isabelle
had twin sons, Fred and Frank, born in 1875. Isaac
died December 18, 1876 and is buried beside Lucy.
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x. | Unknown Robertson,
born Bet. 1817 - 1822 in Tennessee; died Unknown.
According to the 1820 Pulaski
County, Kentucky census Stephen and Winnie had 3 males
and 1 female in the under 10 age group. Two males
were accounted for in the names of Pleasant and
Isaac. That leaves one male and one female that at
this time are unknown. This "placeholder" is meant
to account for one of these unknown children.
Because Joseph's narrative below states there were 13
children of Stephen and Winnie I have included 3
placeholders in what appear to be gaps in the somewhat
natural progression of births.
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xi. | Joseph Robertson,
born May 28, 1822 in Campbell County, Tennessee; died April
12, 1901 in at home in Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; married Eliza Ann Whitney April 23, 1848 in
Brown County, Indiana; born October 01, 1827 in Brown
County, Ohio; died August 24, 1865 in Henry County, Iowa.
Joseph is clearly a child of Stephen
and Winnie based on his name being included in Stephen's
will. Joseph was under age when his father died,
thus Stephen's desire to make sure he was taken care
of. According to "Portrait and Biographical Record
of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties Iowa"; Chapman
Bros., Chicago; 1893, "Our subject is a native of
Campbell County, Tenn., where he was born in 1822...The
father and mother, Stephen and Winnie (Webb) Robertson,
were the parents of thirteen sons and daughters.
Stephen Robertson was a native of Virginia, and was born
about 1775. The paternal grandfather was during
the Revolutionary War obliged to leave his Virginia home
and with his wife and eleven children seek shelter from
the enemy in a fort. The mother of our subject was
a daughter of James Chitwood, a native of North
Carolina, and the son of Irish parents."
Joseph came of age in Brown County,
and when the Mexican War broke out he joined his brother
Lazarus in volunteering as one of the Brown County
Blues. According to "History of Poweshiek County";
Union Historical Co., Des Moines; 1880, page 690, "His
regiment was made up at New Albany, Indiana, from which
place it went to New Orleans, and from there to
Santiago. He participated in the battle of Buena
Vista, where he received a shot under the left arm from
a spent-ball which, however, had not force enought to
penetrate. At the close of the Mexican War he
returned to his home, where he continued to live until
1850, when he removed with his young family and settled
on the land where he now resides on the 18th of May,
which land Uncle Samuel gave him for the services
rendered in Mexico, and which is now a splendid farm in
the valley of the Skunk River." After returning to
Brown County he married April 23, 1848 to Eliza Whitney
and this union produced 10 children. Joseph went
to Poweshiek County shortly after the marriage in the
company of Charles G. Adams, his captain during the war,
to locate their land warrants which they received as
bounty upon enlistment. "On October 27, 1848,
Joseph Robertson entered forty acres in section 25,
forty acres in section 35, and the southeast quarter of
section 36 (Sugar Creek Township)." as reported in
"History of Poweshiek County Iowa, Vol 1" by Prof. L. F.
Parker; S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago; 1911, page
273. With his warrant thus committed he and his
wife left Brown County and went in 1849 to Wapello
County, Iowa, and in 1850 went on to Poweshiek
County. When they settled in Sugar Creek Township
there were only three families living in the township,
namely John and James McDowell and William
English. The first marriage within the present
limits of Sugar Creek Township was that of Andrew Haffin
and Elizabeth Bird, Jospeh Robertson, justice of the
peace, performing the ceremony, October 3, 1851.
According to Joseph's sworn
deposition in support of his Mexican War pension
request, Eliza died August 24, 1865 in Mount Pleasant,
Henry County, Iowa and is buried at some location in
Henry County. Joseph lived out his life on the
land he settled in Poweshiek County and was buried April
14, 1901 in the same Mill Grove Cemetery. The
tombstone includes Eliza's name with the note that she
is buried in Henry County. One of the ministers
officiating at Joseph's funeral was William Parker
Robertson (Quaker minister), grandson of Joseph's
brother Lazarus.
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xii. | John Pleasant
Robertson, born Abt. January 1825 in likely Campbell County,
Tennessee; died Aft. 1900; married Malinda McCoy December
21, 1848 in Brown County, Indiana; born Abt. 1829 in
Tennessee; died Bet. 1880 - 1900.
We know of John as a son of Stephen
and Winnie because he is listed in Stephen's will.
He is one of the sons at home with Winna Roberson in the
1840 Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana
census. John is not to be found in the 1850 Brown
County census, yet we know he was in the area for a
couple of reasons. John enlisted for service in
the Mexican War along with brothers Lazarus and
Joseph. John was mustered in June 18, 1846 at New
Albany, Indiana by Colonel Samuel Churchill as a private
in Company E, 3rd regiment from Brown County - the Brown
County Blues. He was mustered out June 24, 1847 at
New Orleans, Louisiana by Colonel Samuel
Churchill. Also, John patented some plots in Brown
County after returning from the war. John patented
40 acres in the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 34 of
Township 10 in Range 2E on December 8, 1847 (federal
certificate issued on March 20, 1849). This may be
land that was issued by warrant for his service in the
war. Another plot of 40 acres in the SE 1/4 of the
SE 1/4 of Section 24 of Township 24 in Range 1E was
patented January 7, 1853 (federal certificate issued
August 1, 1853). And lastly, John married Malinda
McCoy in Brown County on December 21, 1848.
John and family are found in the
1860 Jackson Township, Brown County census on page 148,
enumerated as John Roberson. He is shown as age 31
and born in Tennessee. This age does not match his
approximate birth date, but his wife is Malinda, also
age 31 and born in Tennessee and they are located 3
households away from her parents, Cornelius and Elsa
(Ailcy, Aisley) McCoy who are found on page 149.
Later census entries show his age consistent with an
1825 birthdate. They are shown with son Cornelius,
age 11 and named after Malinda's father, Winna, age 8
and named after John's mother, Joseph, age 5 and likely
named after his brother, and Pleasant, age 5 months and
also likely named after his brother. By 1870 the
family is found in Greene County, Indiana where sister
Martha (Mrs. William Ellis) is located. The family
is enumerated on page 492B and now includes son Lewis,
named after a brother of Malinda, duaghter Ailsie, named
after Malinda's mother, and son Simson (Simpson?,
Sampson?). In this census John is now shown as 45
years old and Malinda is age 42. By 1880 John and
Malina are found in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard
County, Missouri, page 677A, with Lewis, Alsa I., and
Sanson still at home. By 1900 John is found in
neighboring Butler County, Missouri (Beaver Dam
Township, page 41A). He is listed as a widower,
age 75, born January 1825, and living in the home of his
daughter Elsie Parker, a widow. He was not found
in the 1910 census.
The death locations and cemetery
locations for John and Malinda have not yet been
found. A death record exists in St. Clair County,
Missouri for a Malinda Robertson as the result of
inflamation of the bowels. She died September 21,
1885 in Doyal Township at the age of 61 years 7 months
22 days. This would place her birth at January 30,
1824. There are a couple of things that make me
leary that this death certificate is for this
Malinda. First, the certification has her birth
state as Indiana, while all censuses consistently give
her birth state as Tennessee. Secondly, the
Missouri census records have shown Malinda in the
extreme southeastern corner of Missouri, and this same
location is where John is found in 1900. Yet, St.
Clair County is on the western side of the state, near
the Kansas state line. The last anomaly has to do
with the certificate response to the question of how
long the decedant was a resident in the state. The
answer given was 5 weeks. At this time I do not
believe this is the same Malinda, wife of John.
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xiii. | Daniel Robertson,
born July 28, 1828 in Claiborne County, Tennessee; died June
12, 1902 in Clinton County, Missouri; married (1) Margaret
Keith November 19, 1847 in Brown County, Indiana; born Bef.
1830 in Ohio; died Unknown; married (2) Margaret Clark Abt.
1855 in Missouri; born December 24, 1837 in Tennessee; died
December 14, 1921 in Sheridan Township, Daviess County,
Missouri.
Daniel was the youngest child of
Stephen and Winnie. Placing his birth as July 1828
would suggest that Stephen and Winnie waited until their
crops were harvested before setting out for Kentucky on
their way to Indiana. He was the third son named
in Stephen's will and was one of the children in the
Winna Roberson family in 1840 Jackson Township, Brown
County. It is possible he is named after another
of Winnie's brothers. Daniel married in November
1847 (LDS film #1295890 Brown County, Indiana Marriages
1836-1850 Volume A, page 283) and on December 8, 1847 he
patented 2 - 40 acre plots at the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 33 of Township
10 of Range 2E (federal certificate delivered March 20,
1849). These two tracts of land were adjoining the
west boundary of the plot brother John also patented on
December 8, 1847. However, by 1850 Daniel,
Margaret and their two children, Lazarus and John (named
after two of his brothers), were in Hensley Township of
neighboring Johnson County, page 129B, next to his
sister and brother-in-law, Michael and Elizabeth
Robertson Flenor:
What happened to the land he
patented in Brown County? This seems to start a
string of census entries where Daniel appears to be an
iterant laborer. Also note that Margaret is born
in Ohio and is one year older than Daniel in this
census. The following census entries for this
family do not seem to agree with this entry. That
is because Daniel married a second time and to another
Margaret. This is proven by Margaret's Missouri
death certificate where her maiden name is identified as
Clark. Daniel and his family appear in 1860
Bethany Township, Harrison County, Missouri, page 641,
where brother Shadrach is located:
Daniel's entry looks very consistent
with the 1850 census entry, however his wife's entry is
considerably different. Margaret is the same age
in this census as she was in the 1850 census, but that
would not be possible. Also, her birth state is
now Tennessee whereas it was Ohio in the 1850
census. This is the Daniel Robertson family, but
with second wife Margaret Clark. The family
immediately preceding this family is Margaret's family,
John and Priscilla Evans Clark with siblings Mary,
Adeline, Louise, John, Lucinda and Henry. Mary,
the oldest sibling yet at home, is age 19 and shows that
she was born in Missouri. Thus sometime between
1837 and 1841 the Clark family migrated from Tennessee
to Missouri. When Daniel's family is found in the
1870 census it is in Kidder Township, Caldwell County,
Missouri, page 14 where they are enumerated as
Robinson. Caldwell County is the second county
directly south of Harrison County. The children's
ages do not quite match up with the 1860 census, but it
is clearly the same family, and the 1880 census has the
same problem with ages not quite agreeing. The
1860 census shows Daniel as a day laborer and the 1870
census shows him as a farm laborer. They appear in
the 1880 census, this time in Harrison Township, Daviess
County, Missouri, page 119A (next county south of
Harrison County and north of Caldwell County) and
enumerated again as Daniel Robinson.
In the 1880 census, some more sloppy
census enumeration appears in the form of ages that do
not agree with the previous census entries. Daniel
should be 51/52, but is shown as 54. Margaret
should be about 43, but is shown as 48. Nancy is
still in the household and should be about 27, but is
listed as 24. James should be about 22 and is
listed as 20. New children with this census
include Steven, age 18, William, age 15, Caroline, age
13, Eliza J., age 11, Daniel, age 8, and George, age
5. It is possible Steven and James, along with the
Isaac of the 1860 census, are names from Daniel's
lineage. It is still not clear what has transpired
with this family, but the 1900 census of Shoal Township,
Clinton County, Missouri, page 164A (Clinton County
being slightly southwest of Daviess County) provides
some additional information:
This latter census is more
consistent with the 1860 census regarding age and birth
locations. Interestingly the 47 years identifies
how long they have been married, which seems to collide
with Nancy's birth about 1853 in Indiana. Also,
the number of children in the 1880 census is 8, with
Isaac from the 1860 census making 9 children.
Margaret's entry shows she had 9 children with 7 still
living in 1900. My supposition is that Daniel's
first marriage to Margaret Keith ended with either a
divorce or death of Margaret. I have not been able
to locate Margaret, Lazarus or John after the 1850
census entry, which is why I am leaning at this time
toward death of Margaret, and possibly even of Lazarus
and John. But what about child Nancy born in
Indiana and the statement in the 1900 census that Daniel
and Margaret have been married 47 years? Margaret
Clark is at home with her parents and siblings in 1850
Miller Township, Gentry County, Missouri, page
220. My assumption is that Nancy was born to
Margaret Keith, Margaret died, and Nancy moved with her
father to Missouri, where he married Margaret
Clark. The number of years married given by
Daniel/Margaret in 1900 was likely an error same as some
of the ages given to the census taker in previous census
efforts. This seems to be plausible also based on
the period of years between Nancy's age and Isaac's
age. This is my assumption until a document can be
found to the contrary.
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296. William Knox, born December 28,
1748; died May 13, 1851 in Berwick, York County, Maine. He
was the son of 592. Joseph Knox, Sr.
and 593. Mary Jones. He
married 297. Sarah Alley
October 19, 1775 in Dover, Stratford County, New
Hampshire.
297. Sarah Alley, born May 15, 1748;
died January 28, 1838 in Berwick, York County, Maine. She
was the daughter of 594. Samuel Alley
and 595. Judith Canney.
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i. | Eleazer Knox, born
Unknown in Berwick, York County, Maine; died Unknown in
Mercer, Maine; married Tamson Tibbetts; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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ii. | Dorothy Knox, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Hannah Knox, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | Joseph Knox, born
1780 in Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died
Unknown; married Hannah Ricker September 02, 1807 in
Berwick, York County, Maine; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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148 | v. | Moses Knox, Sr.,
born 1782 in Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died
October 19, 1856 in Millersburg, Mercer County, Illinois;
married (1) Susannah Perkins November 24, 1803 in Lebanon,
York County, Maine; married (2) Sarah ? September 21, 1848
in Summit County, Ohio; married (3) Lucy Gray December 02,
1854 in Mercer County, Illinois.
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vi. | Sally Knox, born
Unknown; died Unknown; married Samuel Ricker; born Unknown;
died Unknown.
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vii. | Benjamin Knox, born
February 19, 1791; died October 26, 1854 in Berwick, York
County, Maine; married Rachel Hubbard; born March 08, 1788
in South Berwick, York County, Maine; died April 27, 1871 in
Berwick, York County, Maine.
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304. William Saxton, born Bef. 1780;
died Bet. August 29, 1826 - February 1827 in Cabell
County, (West) Virginia. He married 305.
Elizabeth Black April 28, 1801 in Greenbrier
County, Virginia.
Notes for
William Saxton:
See the link from my Home Page "The
Sexton Family of Cabell County, WVa." for more details
about William's family.
My Sexton ancestral line can be traced
back to the late-1700's at this time. William
Saxton, Sr., my gggg grandfather, first appears in
records in Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia in
1796. This was an area in that part of western
Virginia that would end up in West Virginia when that
state was formed in 1863 (I will denote this area with
brackets as [West] Virginia).
When William Sr. appears in Greenbrier
County it is on Sinking Creek and his name is given as
Saxton, not Sexton. He is consistently
identified that way. I do not know where he came
from or anything about his parents or siblings.
However, Saxton could suggest German heritage as well
as English heritage. One of our Sexton cousins
in Indiana sent me some information in which a
grandson of this William Sr. wrote a short history of
his family for publication in a county history book of
a type so popular in the late 1800s. One
statement made in that biography was, "The Sexton
family originated in Germany, but for generations its
members have lived in America, being early settlers of
Virginia." One other thing we know is that he
was at least 16 years of age to appear on a Personal
Property Tax (PPT) listing. That would mean he
was born in 1780 or before - most likely at least 1775
or before.
There was one other Saxton/Sexton in
Greenbrier County at the time of William Sr., and that
was John Saxton. He appeared in the county in
1795, so it is possible William Sr. was his son and
then went out on his own and appeared in the county
for the first time in the 1796 tax rolls.
William Sr. appeared on Sinking Creek and John
appeared in an area called the Meadows.
Unfortunately in the papers prior to 1850 only the
senior male of the household was noted (or the senior
female in the case of a widow supporting the
household). Thus it made it difficult to
determine familial relationships in that
timeframe. John Saxton could be father or
brother to William Sr., or not related at all.
William Sr. appears on the Greenbrier
County Personal Property Tax records from 1796 through
1807. I have not been able to find any land
deeds for William Sr. in this county, so the thought
is he was a farm laborer in the area. From the
time William Sr. showed up in Greenbrier County there
was an Abraham Black, and then an Adam Black, who
appeared close to William Sr. in all the Greenbrier
Personal Property Tax rolls. Then in 1801,
William Sr. married Abraham's daughter, Elizabeth, and
sister to Adam. Adam served as surety on the
marriage bond. Neither William Sr. nor Adam
Black could write. They both signed the marriage
bond with an "X". However, her father Abraham
wrote and signed his permission for her to marry, even
using passable spelling for that time period.
Two things interesting about that are that Elizabeth
must not have yet been 18 for Abraham to write a
permission statement. Secondly, Elizabeth in the
1850 census states she cannot read or write. It
seems the child generation suffered educationally from
living on the frontier in the late 1700's.
William Sr. and Elizabeth made their
home near her parents through 1807 at least. The
Virginia legislature did not enact a Personal Property
Tax in 1808, so there is no listing to know where they
were living that year, but in 1809 they appeared in
the newly formed county of Cabell while the Black
family remained in Greenbrier County. The
William and Elizabeth Black Saxton family settled on
Mud River near the village of Hamlin. The Mud
River empties into the Ohio River which forms the
northwest border of Cabell County. This
geographic location may have factored in migration in
the next generation.
His 1809 Personal Property Tax entry in
Cabell County recorded on May 21 said there was only 1
white male above 16 years of age (William Sr.) in the
household and he had 3 horses. The first land
deed I found for William Sr. was executed March 4,
1813. William Saxton, Sr. purchased from "James
Jorden Senr. for an in consideration of fifty Dollars
to him in hand paid, hath granted bargain and sold and
by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the
said William Saxton a certain tract or parcel of Land,
ling and being in the County of Cabell and situate on
Mud River and bounded as follows, towit, beginning on
the Bank of Mud River on two Water Burches, thence a
strait line to two white Oaks, thence a strait line to
a white oak and Beach, thence a strait line to a Sugar
tree on the Bank of Mud River, thence town the River
with the several meander to the Beginning, Containing
one hundred acres by survy, ..." This was near
Morris' ferry 12 miles east of the court house, which
was in Barboursville in 1813. I find the early
deeds interesting to read. Did they think those
trees were going to be around forever and that his
trees would be sufficiently unique from other's Oak,
Birch, Beech and Sugar trees?
This 100 acres stayed in the name of
William Saxton on the Cabell County Land Book from
1813 through 1826. That entry for 1826 was made
in May 1826. Then the entry for 1827, made in
February, showed the 100 acres in the Cabell County
Land Book with the entry "William Saxton's
estate." The same entry appeared in 1828.
Interestingly, on March 15, 1826 William Sr. and
Elizabeth entered into a property exchange with John
and Jane Templeton where John and Jane got the Saxton
property in Cabell County in exchange for the
Templeton property in Lawrence County, Ohio, just
across the Ohio River from Cabell County. So it
appeared that William Sr. and Elizabeth were planning
on moving their family westward little by
little. But on August 29, 1826 William Sr. and
Elizabeth sell the Lawrence County, Ohio property to
Joseph Langdon for the amount of $120. It
appears William Sr. either had an accident or knew his
health was deteriorating and would not be able to
start over again in a new territory. Then the
entry in the Cabell Land Book the following February
confirmed he was dead - dying sometime between the
August 29, 1826 deed and the February 1827 Land Book
entry showing the 100 acres in his estate.
When William Sr. died, Elizabeth was
left with 4 children under the age of 10 and 9
children still at home. Additionally, the land
deal above traded away the 100 acres, so after the
estate was settled, Elizabeth was without
property. Elizabeth never remarried, so she was
totally dependent on her children for her support, her
father having also died. She remained in Cabell
County, living with their second oldest son John and
his family. Elizabeth lived with them until her
death sometime between 1860 and 1870.
305. Elizabeth Black, born Abt. 1781
probably in Fauquier County, Virginia; died Aft. 1860 in
Cabell County, (West) Virginia. She was the daughter of 610. Abraham
Black, Sr. and 611.
Elizabeth ?.
Notes for
Elizabeth Black:
See the link from my Home Page "The
Black Family of Greenbrier County, WVa." for more
details about Elizabeth's family.
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i. | James Sexton, born
September 05, 1800 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died March 14, 1855 in Mud River, Cabell County, (West)
Virginia.
James H. Sexton, was the first-born
child of William Sr. I did not mention Elizabeth
in the parentage because James is thought to have been
born September 5, 1800 in Greenbrier County and William
Sr. and Elizabeth were not married until April 28,
1801. James' birth date comes from his death
record where it states he died "March 14, 1855 at Mud
River aged 54 yrs 5 mos 9 dys. Son of William and
E. Saxton." Subtracting the age from death date
gives the above birth date. The death was reported
by brother John Sexton. Now Elizabeth was still
alive at the time of James' death so let's hope she
provided the correct vital information. If the age
is incorrect by 1 year, then the scenario changes
significantly. Or was James born out of wedlock
and then they marry 7 months later?
Of course, it is possible William Sr.
was married before marrying Elizabeth and James was the
son of that union. One of our Indiana cousins
states that some researchers have William marrying a
daughter of James Jordan, Sr. James Sr. was the
individual who sold William Sr. the 100 acres on Mud
River in Cabell County. Unfortunately none of the
researchers have ever offered any proof of that
marriage. Our Indiana cousin fells it is plausible
simply because of the deal William Sr. got on the 100
acres. On that one day, March 4, 1813, James Sr.
divested himself of all his land, dividing and "giving"
parcels to each of his sons for $1 each. The only
non-family member to which he sold land was William Sr.,
and then for only 50� per acre.
James was living with brother Jacob
in the 1850 Cabell County census and he was listed as
being a pauper. There is more to that story, as
someone living in their relatives home would not
normally be considered a pauper. According to a
book listing "Cabell County VA/WV Overseers of the
Poor", the beginning of June each year from 1830 until
1839 Elizabeth was allowed $20 by the county "to support
her son James." Then starting with June 1839 and
each June through 1851 $20 was allowed for support of
James and given to Daniel Love. It is unclear why
an agent was assigned rather than continuing to give the
money to Elizabeth. Perhaps it was 1839 when he
moved in with his brother Jacob. Starting with
1851 the payment month was changed to March and the
support allotment continued until March 1854, when
James' entry was noted "Dead". It would appear
that James was incapable of making an independent living
- meaning some sort of physical or mental
incapacitation.
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ii. | John N. Sexton,
born December 09, 1802 in Greenbrier County, (West)
Virginia; died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; married Louisa Ann ? Bet. 1840 - 1843; born Abt.
1820; died December 30, 1848 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia.
John N. Sexton, was the second child
born to William Sr. and Elizabeth. He was born
December 9, 1802 in Greenbrier County. Being the
oldest child capable of making a living John stepped up
and cared for his siblings until they could support
themselves and for mother Elizabeth until her
death. He made his living farming and in 1830
brothers John and Andrew purchased 50 acres of land on
the left fork of Fudges Creek in Cabell County.
This was likely not long after the estate was settled
and they were now without his father's land. It
would likely have taken that long as there has been no
will found so William Sr. must have died
intestate. In 1837 Andrew sold John his interest
in the 50 acres. In 1838 John purchased another
130 acres on the left fork of Fudge's Creek. John
sold these acres to brother Jacob in 1844. John
continued to buy and sell land, both on Fudges Creek and
Mud River. One of his last transactions before
retiring was to sell 60 acres on Mud River to his sons
Henry Bascom and Horatio Hamilton in 1870.
John married Louisa Ann Woods between
1840 and 1843 in Cabell County. He would have been
about 40 years old when he first married. Likely
the task of filling the shoes of his deceased father
took a toll on his love life. Mother Elizabeth
continued to live in his household until her death in
the 1860's. Louisa died December 30, 1848, either
as a result of childbirth of their third child, or not
long thereafter. John never remarried and lived
out his life with son Henry and family. John died
at an old age, dying sometime in the 1880's. John
and Louisa had 3 sons - Horatio Hamilton Sexton
(1843-1927), Henry Bascom Sexton (1846-1923), and James
T. Sexton (about 1848- ).
Sons Horatio and Henry served in the
8th Virginia Cavalry Confederate Army during the Civil
War. Family tradition has it that on their way
through Monroe County to muster they met two sisters at
a well. When they returned, each married one of
the sisters. Horatio was a private in Company E
Border Rangers. He was badly wounded in action at
Powder Spring Gap, Tennessee in January 1864. When
he returned to service he had a rank of Corporal and was
company bugler. Henry was a private in Company D,
known as the Border Grays. He was left sick in
Cabell County in April 1863. On July 1, 1863 he
was captured at Mud River and sent August 17 to Camp
Chase in Columbus, Ohio. He was transferred to
Fort Delaware POW camp in Delaware in March 1864.
He was hospitalized the first 3 months. While it
was called the "Andersonville of the North" it came
nowhere near the atrocities of that southern
prison. About 2,500 prisoners, or 7.6%, died in
Fort Delaware while approximately 13,000 prisoners, or
28.9%, died in Andersonville Prison. Horatio and
Henry returned to Cabell County, married sisters, and
raised 12 children between them.
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152 | iii. | William Sexton,
born Bet. 1802 - 1805 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died Bet. 1831 - 1840 in Sangamon County, Illinois; married
Mary Jarrett Bet. 1822 - 1824 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia.
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iv. | Catherine Sexton,
born March 09, 1806 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia;
died September 28, 1876 in White County, Indiana; married
William Jordan, Jr. March 19, 1826 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; born December 17, 1803 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; died May 05, 1876 in White County, Indiana.
Catherine Sexton was their fourth
child. She was born March 9, 1806 in Greenbrier
County. She left home shortly before William Sr.
died when on March 19, 1826 she married William Jordan,
Jr. in Cabell County. This William Jordan, Jr. was
the nephew of the James Jordan, Sr. who sold the 100
acres on Mud River to William Saxton, Sr. in 1813.
The Jordan clan moved to the Mud River area in 1798 or
1799 when it was still located in Kanawha County (before
Cabell County was formed). William Jordan, Jr. was
born on Mud River on December 17, 1803 and was there to
welcome the Saxton family when they moved to the area in
1809. At that time Catherine would have been about
3 years old.
Unfortunately for her mother,
Elizabeth, they did not stay in the Cabell County area
long enough to provide much transition support after her
mother became a widow who needed to care for a number of
children. In the autumn of 1827 the Jordans,
William Jr., Catherine, and their newborn son, moved to
Tippecanoe County, Indiana with a group of at least
15-20 friends and relatives, including William's
parents, William Sr. and Blanche Jordan, and several of
his brothers and sisters and their families.
William and Catherine "squatted" in Tippecanoe County
for the next two years before he registered some
government land - 80 acres on December 2, 1830 and
another 80 acres on February 1, 1831. On June 7,
1844, William and Catherine moved north into White
County, Indiana, where they became very successful
farmers and lived with their family until their
deaths. William died on May 5, 1876 following a
lengthy illness; and Catherine followed that same year
on September 28. Both are buried in Mt. Gilboa
Cemetery in Benton County.
They were parents of 12 children -
son Mount Etna (1826-1900); daughter Telitha Cumi
(1828-1898); Elizabeth Caroline (1830-1852); Sarah Jane
(1833-1886); John M. (1835-1931); Margaret Marinda
(1837-1839); George Headlee (1840-1895); Mary
(1841-1841); Martha Catherine (1842-1878); William
(1845-1906); Mary Louise (1847-1865); baby girl
(1852-1852). Eight of the children lived to marry
and have children, leaving many grandchildren for
William and Catherine. All children stayed in the
area of White County, Indiana with the exception of
Sarah Jane. She married John Francis Marion Porter
on January 29, 1853 in White County.
Interestingly, John was born January 20, 1832 in Cabell
County, [West] Virginia, after the Jordans had already
left for Indiana. Yet his family moved to
Tippecanoe County, Indiana about 1840. About 2
years after they married they moved to Cass County, Iowa
and lived there and Page County, Iowa for the rest of
their lives. He became a farmer of many acres and
good sized herds of livestock.
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v. | Andrew H. Sexton,
born October 08, 1809 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
died 1880 in Hamilton County, Illinois; married (1) Mary ?
October 08, 1830 in (West) Virginia; born March 02, 1806 in
(West) Virginia; died November 05, 1846 in (West) Virginia;
married (2) Mary F. Reynolds April 11, 1847 in (West)
Virginia; born February 22, 1828 in Virginia; died November
30, 1895 in Wayne County, Illinois.
Andrew H. Sexton, child number 5, was
the first child born in Cabell County. He was born
on Mud River October 8, 1809. He was about 17
years old when his father died. As soon as he
turned 21 he purchased 50 acres on Fudges Creek
with brother John and he was off and running with land
deal after land deal. In 1831 Andrew purchased 40
additional acres on Fudges Creek from Pyrhus
McGinnis. In 1834 Andrew and his wife sell this
tract to Strother W. Harmon. Then is 1835 he
purchases a different 40 acres from Strother W.
Harrison. In 1837 he sells out his interest in the
50 acres to his brother John. In 1838 he received
a land grant for 75 acres on the north side of the left
fork of Fudges Big Creek and lastly in 1847 he received
a grant for 140 acres on the waters of Fudges Big Creek.
Then about 1852 they liquidated all
their land holdings and moved to White County, Indiana
where sister Elizabeth Sexton Jordan was living.
The family only remained there for 2 years and then
moved on to Hamilton County, Illinois.
Andrew married Mary Malcolm October
8, 1830 in Cabell County. They had 7 children,
with the last child born October 2, 1846. Mary
died one scant month later on November 5. With 7
children to care for while also pursuing his farming he
wasted no time remarrying. He married Mary F.
Reynolds on April 11, 1847 in Cabell County. They
then had 9 children. All but 2 lived to marry and
have large families of their own. Andrew died in
Hamilton County, Illinois in 1880 and Mary died November
30, 1895 in Wayne County, Illinois. Andrew
purchased the Sexton family bible from the estate of his
deceased brother Abraham before they left for
Indiana. To this date no one has any idea what
happened to that bible.
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vi. | Adam B. Sexton,
born Abt. 1815 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died Bef.
1865 in Wayne County, Illinois; married Eliza Harshbarger
Bef. 1838; born December 26, 1816 in (West) Virginia; died
May 09, 1903 in Franklin County, Illinois.
Adam B. Sexton was the next child
born to William Sr. and Elizabeth. He was born
about 1815 in Cabell County. It is supposition,
but I believe the middle initial stands for Black.
Adam Black was the brother of Elizabeth Black Saxton and
was the one who served as security for the marriage bond
of William Sr. and Elizabeth, and was likely very close
to sister Elizabeth.
Adam Sexton married Eliza Harshbarger
before 1838 in Cabell County. She was born
December 26, 1816. Adam seemed to be migratory by
nature. In 1840 he purchased 525 acres along Trace
Creek in Cabell County. Then in 1848 Adam and
Eliza sold this 525 acre tract and moved to Mason
County. This was not a far move since it was along
the northeast border of Cabell. They bought 160
acres of farm land there valued at $300. Then Adam
and Eliza up and sold this property and joined brother
Andrew Sexton in Illinois, settling in the neighboring
County of Wayne. He purchased 160 acres on
September 2, 1853 by way of purchasing a bounty land
warrant from Jesse Grayson. Jesse had been awarded
the bounty land warrant for his service in the Mexican
War. This was definitely not choice land as much
of it was swamp land. In fact, the land grant even
stated the 40 acres had been "patented to the State of
Illinois as swamp land August 22, 1856."
By the 1860 census, Andrew and Adam
were living near each other in Wayne County. On
December 30, 1861 Adam was mustered at Camp Butler,
Illinois as a private in Company D, 5th Illinois Cavalry
Union Forces. He was discharged September 27, 1862
at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He died at home
on October 8, 1862. It would appear he was held
back at Jefferson Barracks, since the regiment had
already engaged the enemy in southern Missouri and
Arkansas, He was evidently considered not fit for
service and was sent home. After all, he was 47
years old. But he must have also been ill to have
died immediately after arriving at home.
Interestingly, he was in the service of the Union Army
and his nephews, sons of uncle John N. Sexton, were in
the Confederate forces.
This family was hit particularly hard
by the Civil War. On August 22, 1865 widow Eliza
was awarded a widow and minor pension for herself and 9
year old Zachariah based on Adam's abbreviated
service. Zachariah stayed in Illinois, married
three times and they had 17 children. Son James
enlisted as a private on August 13, 1862 in Company G of
110th Illinois Infantry. He died of disease
February 1863 in Nashville, Tennessee. Another
son, Milton Richard Milton, also enlisted as a private
in Company G of 110th Illinois Infantry and mustered out
on June 8, 1865. He applied for a pension in
Kansas in 1890, indicating he had moved to Kansas from
Illinois. After his service Milton married Rachel
Gilbert and they had 13 children. Son Madison L.
mustered as a recruit in Company F of 18th Illinois
Infantry February 9, 1865, at age 18, and died in Little
Rock October12, 1865 and is buried in the National
Cemetery there. He never married, so his mother
filed a pension application on his behalf in 1890.
Eliza remarried in August 1869 to
Moses Waters. After he died in 1875 she did not
remarry, staying with son Zachariah until her death May
9, 1903. With 17 children I am sure Zachariah and
his wife were happy to have the help.
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vii. | Elizabeth Sexton,
born January 1816 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died
November 19, 1847 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; married
Samuel William Carroll December 17, 1844 in Cabell County,
(West) Virginia; born December 01, 1817 in Hamlin,
Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died April 09, 1909 in
Hartford, Lyon County, Kansas.
Elizabeth Sexton, was the seventh
child of William Sr. and Elizabeth and was born in
January 1816 in Cabell County. Samuel William
Carroll was born December 1, 1817 near Hamlin in
Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia. According to
family history Samuel's family moved to Indiana when he
was very small. Later, the family moved back to
[West] Virginia, settling in Cabell County near the
Sextons. On December 17, 1844 Samuel and Elizabeth
married in Cabell County and set about farming.
They had two children. First was William Henry
Carroll (1845-1907), who ended up marrying Caroline
Malissa Black, the grandniece of Elizabeth Black Saxton,
wife of William Saxton, Sr. Second was son Charles
Wesley Carroll (1847-1927). Charles was born
November 10, 1847 and his mother died November 19.
Samuel remarried to Amanda Ann Black
on July 20, 1848 across the Ohio River in Lawrence
County, Ohio (they likely eloped since she was only 15
years old while he was 30). Amanda was older
sister to Caroline Malissa Black who married William
Henry Carroll in the previous paragraph. Nothing
like keeping it in the family. They moved to
Indiana for a few years before moving to Kansas in the
mid-1870's. Amanda died in Lyon County, Kansas
January 29, 1908 and Samuel died there April 9, 1909.
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viii. | Jacob H. Sexton,
born November 28, 1819 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
died January 24, 1896 in White County, Indiana; married
Acantha Hinchman November 28, 1848 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; born September 28, 1828 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; died March 19, 1918.
Jacob H. Sexton was the next child
born to William Sr. and Elizabeth. He was born
November 28, 1819 in Cabell County. He was just 7
years old when his father died. In 1844 he
purchased 180 acres of land along Fudges Creek from
brother John and in 1847 added 300 acres of public land
on the waters of Fudge's Big Creek. On November
28, 1848 he married in Cabell County Acantha
Hinchman. It was Jacob's family entry on the 1850
census where brother James was listed as living and
James' entry showed him as a pauper.
Then in 1852 Jacob and Acantha began
divesting themselves of their Cabell County lands and
they moved along with brother Andrew to the White
County, Indiana area where sister Catherine Sexton
Jordan's family was located. When Andrew moved on
to Illinois a couple of years later, Jacob and family
stayed in Indiana. The 1870 White County census
showed farmer Jacob with real estate valued at $5,000
and personal property valued at $2,400. These
numbers were very large for 1870. His January 1896
obituary in the Monticello Herald said, "He had during
life accumulated enough of this world's goods to enable
him to pass his declining years in comfort, barring the
infirmities of old age." The obituary went ahead
to say, "He had just completed arrangements to move to
town and was on his way to deliver the lease for his
farm, when he was attacked by vertigo and must have lain
in the road for an hour when discovered by a
neighbor. He was assisted home, but all effort to
revive him proved futile, and he lay in a comatose
condition thirty-six hours, when death ensued" (on
January 24).
Acantha did not remarry and died
March 19, 1918 in White County, Indiana. They had
three children - Sarah Jane, who died at 14 years of
age; William T. (1851-1912); and Lewis Winifred
(1852-1934). In the "History of White County,
Indiana" of 1915 Lewis Winifred is one of the
"exemplary" citizens included in the biographies and it
was here that is was stated "The Sexton family
originated in Germany, but for generations its members
have lived in America, being early settlers of
Virginia." Acantha was living with Lewis' family
when she died. Lewis was widowed with the death of
his wife in 1927 and went to Piatt County, Illinois to
live with his daughter Dora, and died there December 9,
1934.
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ix. | Abraham B. Sexton,
born Abt. 1822 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died Abt.
November 1852 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
Abraham B. Sexton was the next child
born to William Sr. and Elizabeth. The middle
initial B likely stands for Black with this child as
well. Elizabeth's father was Abraham Black and it
is likely this child was named for him. Son
Abraham was born about 1822 in Cabell County.
There is no record of him purchasing any property or of
his marrying. In the 1850 census he is living in
the household of widow Dicey Barrett and her
children. He is shown as age 28 with occupation of
farmer. He is likely helping Dicey, as a new
widow, keep her farm and support her children. The
only document I could find related to Abraham was the
presentation to Court of the settlement papers for his
estate presented on August 22, 1853, the inventory of
his estate having been completed November 18,
1852. This presumably places his death as late
summer/early fall of 1852. The sale of his
personal estate brought in $375.22 1/4, with one of the
transactions being 90� paid for the family bible.
No one knows what happened to that bible.
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x. | Joseph Lemay
Sexton, born 1824 in (West) Virginia; died September 08,
1879 in Lincoln County, West Virginia; married Lucinda
Adaline Black March 19, 1847 in Cabell County, (West)
Virginia; born February 20, 1831; died November 19, 1889.
Joseph Lemay Sexton was the tenth,
and last, child of William Sr. and Elizabeth. He
was born in 1824 in Cabell County. James Lemay
sold Sexton brothers Andrew and John their first 50 acre
tract of land on Fudges Creek in 1830. Later we
will see that James Lemay was a nephew by marriage of
Elizabeth Black Saxton. It was this man that
Joseph Sexton was named after.
On March 19, 1847 Joseph married
Lucinda Adaline Black in Cabell County and they set
about farming in that county. Lucinda was yet
another grandniece of Elizabeth Black Saxton. She
was an older sister of the earlier mentioned Amanda Ann
Black and Caroline Malissa Black. Joseph did not
appear to be as successful as his brothers. In
1860 he is a farmer, but owned no land and had personal
property valued at only $200. In 1867 redrawing of
county lines placed the family in Lincoln County, West
Virginia. They were located 2 households away from
her parents, and in the next household to her sister
Amanda and husband Samuel Carroll. Joseph was
still in the same financial position as earlier.
Then September 8, 1879 he died of typhoid fever, leaving
widow Lucinda with their 3 grown children, all over the
age of 20 and still unmarried. at home and with little
financial stability. The hard conditions must have
weighed on Lucinda and she died November 19, 1889 at age
58. All 3 children died having never married.
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306. David Jarrett, born Abt. 1770
in Wolf Creek, Monroe County, (West) Virginia; died
Unknown. He was the son of 612. James Jarrett, Sr.
and 613. Elizabeth Griffith.
He married 307. Sallie Mitchell
Bef. 1795.
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i. | Elizabeth Jarrett,
born 1794 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Bet.
1861 - 1868 in possibly Mason County, West Virginia; married
Benjamin Franklin Swann Bef. 1815 in Greenbrier County,
(West) Virginia; born Aft. July 1793 in Amherst County,
Virginia; died July 02, 1870 in Roach, Cabell County, West
Virginia.
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ii. | James Jarrett, born
Abt. 1798 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Aft.
1880 in Lincoln County, West Virginia ?; married (1) Nancy
Ray December 19, 1816 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
born 1800 in Virginia; died Bef. October 1842 in Cabell
County, (West) Virginia; married (2) Margaret Billups
October 04, 1842 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; born
Abt. 1820; died Unknown; married (3) Clarissa ? Aft. 1870 in
Lincoln County, West Virginia; born Abt. 1813; died Unknown.
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153 | iii. | Mary Jarrett, born
Bet. 1800 - 1810 in Virginia; died Aft. 1846; married
William Sexton Bet. 1822 - 1824.
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iv. | Catherine Jarrett,
born Abt. 1804 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died
Unknown; married Elijah Ray Bef. 1825 in Cabell County,
(West) Virginia; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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v. | Assenia Jarrett,
born Abt. 1805 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died
Aft. 1850 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia ?; married David
Smith August 13, 1829 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia;
born Abt. 1807 in Virginia; died Unknown.
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vi. | Matilda Jarrett,
born 1806 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died
Unknown; married William Hays April 18, 1844 in Sangamon
County, Illinois; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | William B. Jarrett,
born March 11, 1814 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia; died
May 11, 1892 in Sangamon County, Illinois; married Jane
Huggins August 16, 1838 in Morgan County, Illinois; born
December 26, 1816 in Gallia County, Ohio; died March 1900 in
Sangamon County, Illinois.
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308. William L. Dodd, Sr., born 1779
in Amherst County, Virginia; died 1851 in Sangamon County,
Illinois. He was the son of 616. Josiah Dodd, Sr.
and 617. Mary Luttrell.
He married 309. Agnes Blakely
Bef. 1799.
309. Agnes Blakely, born Abt. 1779
in Montgomery County, Virginia; died Bet. 1840 - 1845 in
Morgan County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 618. Charles
Blackley and 619. Margaret Davis.
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i. | Anna Dodd, born
Abt. 1799 in Knox County, Tennessee; died Bef. 1846 in
Franklin, Morgan County, Illinois; married Robert Covey, Sr.
February 20, 1821 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; born Abt.
1800 in Knox County, Tennessee; died Abt. 1839 in Franklin,
Morgan County, Illinois.
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154 | ii. | Josiah Dodd, born
November 19, 1800 in Tennessee; died February 17, 1859 in
Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Elizabeth
Duncan March 16, 1824 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
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iii. | Charles Scott Dodd,
Sr., born June 19, 1811 in Tennessee; died November 19, 1881
in Sangamon County, Illinois; married Mary Templeton Jones
January 1832 in McMinn County, Tennessee; born February 1815
in North Carolina; died June 04, 1906 in Sangamon County,
Illinois.
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iv. | William L. Dodd,
Jr., born Abt. 1813 in Tennessee; died Unknown; married (1)
Lucinda Janes/James Bef. 1838; born Unknown; died Unknown;
married (2) Eliza A. Fry September 03, 1846 in McMinn
County, Tennesse; born Abt. 1817; died Abt. 1851; married
(3) Nancy Hays July 06, 1852 in Sangamon County, Illinois;
born Abt. 1806 in South Carolina; died Unknown.
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v. | Jesse Dodd, born
September 13, 1819 in Chatham Township, Jefferson County,
Tennessee; died August 03, 1880 in Sangamon County,
Illinois; married (1) Mary Helms January 19, 1841 in
Tennessee; born April 06, 1810 in Tennessee; died April 19,
1858; married (2) Susan A. Weir May 25, 1863 in Illinois;
born December 09, 1843 in Sangamon County, Illinois; died
November 15, 1906.
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vi. | Sarah Dodd, born
Unknown in Tennessee; died Unknown; married (1) ?
Talkington; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) Solomon
Ruth March 09, 1826 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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vii. | Margaret Dodd, born
Unknown in Tennessee; died Unknown.
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viii. | Mary Dodd, born
Unknown in Tennessee; died Unknown; married Adam Large May
29, 1832 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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314. George Caton, born Abt. 1774 in
Westmoreland (now Washington) County, Pennsylvania; died
Abt. 1869 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
He was the son of 628. Thomas
Caton/Kitten/Kitton and 629.
Susanna Plummer.
He married 315. Jemima ?
probably Abt. 1793 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for
George Caton:
George was a son of Thomas
Caton/Kitten/Kitton by virtue of a couple of
sources. According to "Estate Records, 1781-96
and Deed Records, 1782-85 in Washington County,
Pennsylvania" by Raymond Martin Bell; self-published;
Washington, PA; 1977, "Thomas Caton, 1796, ch (George,
Milce m Thomas Praul, Susannah, Daniel, Priscilla,
Dorsey, Agnes)." From "History of Washington
County, Pennsylvania" by Boyd Crumrine; L. H. Everts
& Co.; Philadelphia, 1882, page 660, "Thomas
Kitten ... His three sons were George, Dorsey, and
Daniel." Several researchers have this son named
George Thomas Caton. I have not found any
document or source that identifies his middle initial
or middle name, so I have not included a middle name
until such source(s) has been identified.
George appears indirectly and directly
in every census from 1790 through 1860. The 1790
Washington County, Pennsylvania census (no township
listed), page 192 shows the Thos Ritten family, with
the Theophalus Ritten family immediately
following. In Thomas' family there are 7 family
members and 2 slaves enumerated. According to
the number of children shown above, this would suggest
at least 2 children yet unborn. Since 3 sons are
enumerated, that would mean 2 or more girls have not
yet been born. All three boys are identified as
under the age of 16 - i.e. born after August 2, 1773
as the official 1790 census date was August 2,
1790. In the 1800 through 1830 censuses he is at
home in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania and identified as head of household (with
the 1830 census family identified as Ceaton on page
130 along with Gabriel and Henry Ceaton families on
the same page). Most of these censuses support a
birth date of 1774 to early 1775 with the 1790 and
1800 censuses combining to suggest a late 1774 to
early 1775 birth date. The only exception is the
1810 census which has George born August 6, 1765 or
before.
The 1840 census for White Eyes
Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, page 387 shows
George and his wife alone in the household and
continues to support a birth date of late 1774.
This is presumed to be the same George Caton for three
reasons. First, the above mentioned "History of
Washington County, Pennsylvania" goes ahead to say
"George moved to Ohio, where he died at the advanced
age of ninety-five". Secondly, some of his sons
purchased land in White Eyes Township, Coshocton
County in the early 1830s (see the details in the
narrative of daughter Catherine below).
Lastly, George appears in the 1850 and
1860 Coshocton censuses, with him appearing in son
Gabriel's household in the latter census. The
1850 census shows him of an age that would suggest a
birth date of circa 1771, and this is the birth year
that most researchers have used. The 1860 census
gives his age as 85, or born circa 1775. Knowing
that basing birth years on census reports where poor
enumerator training often resulted in dramatic
variations in data quality and accuracy is
problematic, I have opted to use a late 1774 for his
birth date. This date seems to be the most
consistent possibility across all censuses. Both
the 1850 and 1860 censuses show him as born in
Pennsylvania. Based on the information we know
of his parents, it is fairly certain he was born in
the same region where he was found in the 1790 through
1830 censuses, except that Washington County did not
exist in 1774. At that time it would have been
Westmoreland County, with Washington County being
formed from Westmoreland on March 28, 1781.
While in Washington County, George is
found in at least a couple of documents in addition to
the estate records for Thomas Caton. George
appears in the "Pennsylvania Archives", Series 6,
Volume IV, Military Abstracts 1790-1817. In the
section starting on page 642, "A Return of Militia
Officers in the First Washington Brigade Presented by
the Brigade Inspector, Friday, June 1st, 1798" George
Caton is identified at Ensign in the 1st Light
Infantry under Captain Henry Vankirk. Another
entry in the "Pennsylvania Archives", Series 9, Volume
II, page 1396 suggests the list was received by
Governor Thomas Mifflin as part of an act to fill
vacancies. It is not clear which positions had
been vacant and were filed by this action, nor how
long George served in the county militia. George
is a witness for the will of Henry Vankirk Vol. 1,
File 5, page 344, date of will March 20, 1798, and
date of probate April 14, 1798. George appears
as attorney in fact (power of attorney) on the probate
file for Gideon Vankirk, Washington County Probate
Book V, Case File 11 for 1808. And, while not
the administrator, George appears a few times in the
probate file for his mother Susanna, Washington County
Probate Book C, Case File 33 for 1825.
George appears in the 1860 census, but
does not appear in the 1870. Given his age of 85
in that census, the assumption is that he died before
the 1870 census. I have not found a documented
death date for George, so I went by the added piece of
information given in the "History of Washington
County, Pennsylvania" statement above - that he lived
to the advanced age of ninety-five. Assuming
1774 as his birth year, I have given 1869 as his death
year. These are open to reinterpretation as new
facts are found.
315. Jemima ?, born Abt. 1775 in New
Jersey; died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio.
Notes for
Jemima ?:
Not much is known of Jemima.
Some researchers have her as Jemima Prall Vankirk,
although there is no documentation provided.
There definitely seems to be a strong association
between the Caton and Vankirk families as witnessed by
George's interactions above and one of George's
sisters and one of his daughters both marrying a
Vankirk. However, at this time it is not clear
what additionally those associations might consist
of. Not knowing how that surname was determined
by the other researchers, I have left her surname as
unknown.
Jemima's age bracket in 1800 through
1840 is the same as for George, except in 1800.
In that census, where George is age 26 through 44,
Jemima is age 16 through 25. This would suggest
that Jemima is just a little younger than George,
except that is not what the 1850 census shows.
One explanation could be that George married someone
else first and Jemima is his second wife.
Without proof of this, and knowing that George's 1850
age does not agree with the birth date I assigned him,
I have opted to follow the same path as I did with
George and suggest that Jemima was born circa
1775. The 1800 census identifies three children,
one boy and two girls, who are under age 10 - i.e.
born after August 4, 1790. The 1810 census tells
us these three children are age 10 through 15, which
places their birth dates as between August 6, 1794 and
August 6, 1800. This suggests the birth dates of
George and Jemima as I give them can be supported as
possible and plausible and that they likely married
circa 1793. Again, these dates are open to
reinterpretation as new facts are found.
Another comparison of the census
records also suggests there may have been a second
marriage for George. Between 1810 and 1820 4 new
children appear in the household. One of those
is son Daniel born circa 1812. The others can
not be identified, and one seems to be in conflict
with the 1810 census. One girl is enumerated in
the 10 through 15 age grouping, i.e. born 1805 to 1810
timeframe. In the 1810 census there is a girl
under age 10, but she is identified as Susanna who
married Enoch Vankirk in 1814. Thus, she should
not be in the George Caton household in 1820, and if
she were she would not be in the 10-15 age
group. In 1830 census the two girls that
appeared in the 1820 census appear to carry forward
into the correct age groupings, but the second boy who
was in the under 10 age group in 1820 is
missing. In 1830 a new boy, under age 5,
appears. Without more information it is
impossible to know whether these are children of a
first marriage of a second wife of George, if they are
grandchildren, or if they are relatives living with
George and Jemima. Perhaps some day this mystery
will be solved.
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i. | Thomas Caton, born
October 26, 1794 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died August 26, 1844 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio; married Mary Ringer Abt. 1826 in
likely Washington County, Pennsylvania; born February 3,
1808 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died April 13, 1883
in Coshocton County, Ohio.
All of George and Jemima Caton's
known children moved to Coshocton County, Ohio with the
exception of Susanna (one daughter has not at this time
been identified, so her history is unknown). This
is most likely why George and Jemima also moved
there. Thomas is included among those who moved
there. According to the biographical sketch of son
George Ring Caton published in "History of Coshocton
County, Ohio: Its Past and Present" by Albert Adams
Graham; A. A. Graham & Co.; Newark, OH; 1881, page
649, he says he was born "December 18, 1831 in White
Eyes township". That would place Thomas among the
early settlers of the early settlers of Coshocton County
among his siblings.
Son George's middle name, Ringer, is
unusual enough to suggest a family connection. The
biographical sketch again gives the answer when it
states, "son of Thomas and Mary (Ringer) Caton; a native
of Pennsylvania, but came to White Eyes township among
the first settlers of the township." Mary is the
daughter of John Ringer and Susanna Gardner, well known
names in the Washington County, Pennsylvania area.
They also moved to Coshocton County, and died there.
Thomas was the male under age 10
appearing in the George Caton family enumeration in 1800
Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania census,
page 696. The 1810 census (same location, page
62), shows him to be of age 10 and under age 16 (i.e.
born after August 6, 1794 but before August 6,
1800). The Thomas Caton family appears in the 1840
White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio census and
the family contains 8 children. By 1850 Mary is
shown with son John as the head of household, family
151/151, and some of his siblings also in the
household. The next family to be enumerated,
152/152, is Thomas' parents, George and Jemima
Caton. Thomas died within that decade and his
death date is given on his headstone in Caton Cemetery
as August 26, 1844. The inscription says he was
aged 49 yrs 10 mos, which then fixes his birth date as
October 26, 1794. He and Mary had 10 children,
namely John, Susan, George Ringer, Jemima, Everhart,
Sarah, Catherine, Perry, Eliza and Charles.
Mary died in Coshocton County April
13, 1883 and the tombstone inscription says aged 75 yrs
2 mos 10 das. This places her birth date as
February 3, 1808. She is buried with her husband
in Caton Cemetery. Thomas and Mary were the
parents of 10 children - John, Susan, George Ringer,
Jemima, Everhart, Sarah, Catherine, Perry, Eliza and
Charles.
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ii. | Daughter Caton,
born likely circa 1796-1797 in Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
This unnamed daughter appears as one
of two females under age 10 appearing in the George
Caton family enumeration in 1800 Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania census, page 696.
The 1810 census (same location, page 62), shows them to
be of age 10 and under age 16 (i.e. born after August 6,
1794 but before August 6, 1800). Given Thomas'
birth as October 26, 1794 and Catherine's birth as
December 19, 1799 I am guessing this daughter's birth to
be circa 1796-1797, assuming no twin birth involved.
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157 | iii. | Catherine Caton,
born December 20, 1799 in Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died December 03, 1885 in Mahaska
County, Iowa; married Joseph Farr, Sr. Abt. 1820 in likely
Pennsylvania
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iv. | Susanna Caton, born
Abt. 1801 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1870 in Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; married Enoch Vankirk Abt. May 1814 in
Washington County, Pennsylvania; born April 1796 in likely
Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; died Abt.
1840 in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
According to "History of Washington
County, Pennsylvania" by Boyd Crumrine; L. H. Everts
& Co.; Philadelphia; 1882, History of Amwell
Township section pages 652-672, "John, Henry, and ------
Vankirk, natives of New Jersey, all came to this county,
and settled in Amwell township. John emigrated
first, and purchased on the 10th day of December 1785, a
tract of three hundred and fifty-nine acres of land of
Abner Howell, which he patented Feb. 26, 1792. On
this tract John lived till his death in 1798, and
divided it among three of his sons, Jacob, Henry, and
Joseph. He left four sons and three daughters, who
were all born in New Jersey, Sarah, Jacob, and Henry by
a first wife, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, and Catharine by
a second wife. Sarah lived and died single; Jacob
lived on the portion left by his father, and with his
brother Henry, in 1808, purchased their brother Joseph's
portion of the homestead. Jacob Vankirk married
Elizabeth Lee, and their children were Enoch, Joseph,
Leah, and Ann. Enoch
Vankirk married Susan Caton, and to them were
born nine children ---George, Sarah J., Matthias, Hugh,
Mary A., Elisha, William, Jacob, and Sarah J.
Caton. The first child named Sarah J. Caton (sic,
nameed Sarah J. Vankirk) died in infancy. The
others all reside in Washington County except the
youngest Sarah J. Caton, who lives in Ohio.
Joseph, the other son of Jacob Vankirk, married Eliza
Carter. They had six children, ---Joseph C.,
Hiram, Charles, William, Charlotte, and Ann Vankirk, all
of whom live in Iowa. Leah Vankirk became Mrs.
John McLain, and lives in Franklin township; Ann married
Walter G. Scott." The second Sarah J. is
appropriately named Caton because she married her first
cousin, George Caton, son of Henry Caton who was brother
of her mother.
In the 1810 Amwell Township census
for George Caton's family, page 62, Susannah is the one
female under age 10. The 1850, 1860 and 1870
censuses consistently showed her birth date as
1800-1801. Enoch's birthdate was found in "One
Hundred One Family Outlines Washington County,
Pennsylvania" by Raymond Martin Bell; self-published;
Coralville, IA; 1997. He took his information in
turn from issues of "Keyhole", a publication of The
Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania of
Washington, Pennsylvania. No primary source
information was given. Enoch was born April
1796. It is likely he was born in Amwell Township
as his father, Jacob, was in Franklin Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the 1783 tax list
and in Washington Township, Fayette County in the 1785,
86, and 88 tax lists. By 1798 Jacob is in Amwell
Township, thus it is assumed he was there when Enoch was
born in 1796.
Enoch served in Captain Sample's Co.
of Pennsylvania Volunteers and Militia in the War of
1812. He was a drummer when inducted and his
discharge rank shows as simply private. Susannah
filed for pension benefits and on October 2, 1866 she
appeared before a justice of the Court of Common Pleas
to give testimony under oath as to Enoch's
involvement. She declared thaat she and Enoch were
married in the Spring of 1814 and that they had ten
children. She then states that he served at least
10 months, first wintering at Washington,
Pennsylvania. She then thinks in the Summer of
1813 in a company commanded by Captain William Sample,
they marched from Washington, Pennsylvania to Blackrock
in the State of New York (see Thomas Forsythe, Jr. link
above a more detailed description of this
engagement). She thinks he returned home late in
the fall or early in the winter of 1813. The
"Pannsylvania Archives" Servies 2, Volume XII, page 592
gives "a return of the detached volunteer corps, who
have been called on to march, agreeably to the within
general orders of 25th of August, 1812." Among the
captains in the 14th Division, 1st Brigade was a William
Sample with 62 men in his command. Further,
Captain Sample was of the 2nd Battn., 22nd Regiment of
Washington County. There is no indication any
action was taken on this pension application.
She tells in the pension application
they had ten children. The list given in the
History of Amwell Township article gives only 9
children. The tenth child, as given in Raymond
Bell's "One Hundred One Family ..." was Samuel who was
chronologically the last child born (December 18,
1837). Susannah also declared in her pension
application that Enoch died in October 1841. The
1840 census however shows Susannah as head of household
and with no male old enough to qualify as Enoch. I
do not know if Susannah's recollection was faulty or if
Enoch was so sick he was being taken care of elsewhere
and he really did die in 1841. I have opted for an
approximate date of 1840 for his death.
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v. | Gabriel Caton, born
Abt. 1804 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died September 5, 1869 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio; married Lavinia Lewellen June 22,
1825 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; born
September 27, 1802 in Pennsylvania; died October 2, 1846 in
White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
His birth year according to the 1850
census (White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio,
page 236) is circa 1803 and according to 1860 census,
page 36, is circa 1804. These are consistent with
Coshocton County Death Records transcripts as found on
the Coshocton County GenWeb site, "Gabriel CATON d. 5
Sep 1869 White Eyes Tp., m., age 65, b. Pa, occ. Farmer,
par. George CATON, cod. [i.e. cause of death] Heart
disease, LR. [i.e. last residence] White Eyes Tp. pgs.
21-22." Age 65 at death gives a birth year of
circa 1804.
Gabriel was the first to submit an
application for federal lands in Coshocton County,
Ohio. From "Early Ohio Settlers; Purchasers of
Land in East & East Central Ohio, 1800-1840" by
Ellen Thomas Berry and David A. Berry; Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD, 1989 Gabriel is
found on November 12, 1832, while still in Washington
County, Pennsylvania, submitting an application through
the Zanesville, Ohio land office for land located in the
United State Military District (part of the land in the
area reserved by Congress for Revolutionary
soldiers). When the certificate was issued on
April 21, 1835 it was for 42.5 acres for the SE1/4 of
the NW1/4 of section 4 in White Eyes Township.
Another certificate issued to Gabriel September 30, 1835
was for another 42.5 acres adjoining the earlier plot,
and located at the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of section
4. According to information published in "The
Coshocton Age" newspaper by the administrator of
Gabriel's estate he still resided on this land at his
death, along with a 15 acre lot taken off the west side
of the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 which was conveyed from Lewis
Redd to Daniel Caton, then by Daniel to Gabriel, likely
when Daniel left the state.
According to a notice in the
"Washington Review and Examiner" newspaper dated July 2,
1825 "Married. On Thursday evening, 22d inst. by the
Rev. C. Wheeler, Mr. Gabriel Caton, to Miss lavinia
Lewellen, of Amwell township." June 22 1825 was a
Wednesday, not Thursday, so it is uncertain whether they
were married June 22 or 23. Gabriel's land
purchases above, as well as the birth locations of their
children show that the young family moved to Coshocton
County in very late 1832 or early 1833. Gabriel
and Lavinia were parents to Permelia, Reason, Sarah,
Sophia, Harrison and Washington, with the first two born
in Washington County, Pennsylvania and the last 4 born
in Coshocton County.
Lavinia died October 2, 1846 in
White Eyes Township and is buried in Kimball Cemetery,
along side of Gabriel. Gabriel married second Mary
Vanhorn on September 12, 1854 in Coshocton County.
Mary was the widow of John Hilligas who she had married
April 8, 1847, also in Coshocton County. She and
Gabriel had 3 children - Marinda, William and
Emma. At Gabriel's death, Samuel T. Boyd,
administrator of his estate, arranged for an auction on
March 5, 1870 to sell the roughly 100 acres of Gabriel's
homestead to help Mary settle the outstanding
debts. The property was said to be appraised at
$5,000.
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vi. | Charles L. Caton,
born February 18, 1806 in Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died July 21, 1899 in probably Thayer
County, Nebraska; married Elizabeth Ringer July 4, 1833 in
Coshocton County, Ohio; born August 1, 1810 in Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died March 19, 1899 in Davenport
Precinct, Thayer County, Nebraska.
The birth and death dates for
Charles and Elizabeth come from their tombstone in
Bethel church of the Brethren Cemetery in Carleton,
Thayer County, Nebraska. Elizabeth is the daughter
of John and Susanna Gardner Ringer and the sister of
Mary Ringer, wife of the George Ringer Caton referenced
above.
Gabriel was the first to file an
application for land in Coshocton County. Brothers
Charles and Daniel were next to file an application and
they filed for joint ownership on February 25,
1833. Their residence was given as Coshocton
County at the time of the filing, so the suggestion is
that the majority of the Caton family likely moved from
Washington County to Coshocton County between November
12, 1832 and February 25, 1833. The certificate
was issued April 21, 1835 for a 42.5 acre plot in the
U.S. Military Survey for the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of
section 4. This tract was adjacent to the first
tract issued to Gabriel above.
Charles and Elizabeth were the
parents of 8 children - Charles J., Mary, Daughter,
Thomas, Priscilla, Susan, Daniel Logan, and Joshua
P. The unknown daughter, child three, appears in
the 1840 census as having been born between 1835 and
1840, but does not appear again after that point.
Their last child, Joshua, was born October 14, 1854 in
White Eyes Township and approximately 2 1/2 years later,
in 1857, the family moves to Clay County, Indiana along
with a number of other relatives who moved to this area
of Indiana - Daniel and Priscilla Caton Horn and family
and Daniel and Mary Walker Caton and family. In
1881 the call of the west came again and daughter
Priscilla and husband Silas Bates and family moved to
Thayer County, Nebraska. Charles and Elizabeth
moved with them and died there within 4 months of each
other in 1899.
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vii. | Henry Caton, born
Abt. 1808 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died October 12, 1888 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio; married Susan D. Runyon Abt. 1827 in
likely Washington County, Pennsylvania; born Abt. 1810 in
New Jersey; died June 30, 1882 in White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio
Trying to come up with a birth date
for Henry is a challenge. The 1850 census has him
born circa 1801; in the 1860 census he is born circa
1805; in the 1870 he is born circa 1810 and in 1880 he
is born circa 1808. His death registration
information has him dying in October 1888 at age 86,
thus making his birth date as 1802. Even Henry did
not know when he was born, giving his age as about 65
when writing his will on September 1, 1887. That
would have meant he was born circa 1822. It would
have been difficult for people around him to know when
he was born if he himself did not know. Knowing
that the death certificate information is only as good
as the informant, I have chosen to go with 1808 for a
couple of reasons. First, a date of 1802 makes it
appear to be rather congested what with the other births
in that relative timeframe. His last two censuses
seem to place his birth in the latter half of the
1800-1810 decade. That seems to be consistent with
the 1820 census for the George Caton family. In
the 1810 census there were 3 male children under the age
of 10. In 1820 those 3 boys end up with 2 of age
10 through 15 and 1 of age 16 through 18. We have
already seen Gabriel is the one son in the 16 through 18
age group. That leaves Charles and Henry for the
10 through 15 age group.
Henry married Susan D. Runyon,
daughter of Hill Runyon and Mary Dilla Luce, about 1827
in likely Washington County, Pennsylvania. Henry
and Susan were parents to 10 children - Mathias, George,
Mary Jane, Sarah, Hamilton, Lucinda, Bentley, Franklin,
Thomas and Eliza. Mathias. The 1850 census
shows the first four children born in
Pennsylvania. Assuming this enumeration is
correct, Henry and family did not move to Coshcoton
County until circa 1836. According to her
tombstone in Caton Cemetery, Coshocton County, Susan
"died June 30, 1882 aged about 73 years." On July
2, 1885 Henry remarried to Sarah Ellen Olinger, daughter
if David Olinger and Mary Smith, and widow of Samuel
Mizer. After Henry died, Sarah married a third
time, to George W. Geese.
Of the 10 children, Mary Jane,
Bentley, Thomas and Eliza predeceased Henry.
Mathias moved to Coshocton County with the family and
appeared in the 1850 White Eyes Township census with the
family. He went back to Washington County and
circa 1851 married Mary Ann Post, and they lived out
their lives in that location. They evidently lost
touch, or there was a family blowout, because while
Mathias lived until 1914, he was not mention in Henry's
will. Those heirs mentioned in the will were
Sarah, his wife, and George, Franklin, Hamilton, Lucinda
Wilhelm, Sarah Lockard, Raymond Caton, Otta Caton, and
Mollie Caton. The last three were children of his
deceased son Bentley.
Henry devised that his widow be
taken care of by providing her 1/3 of all personal and
real estate, after deducting debts and expenses.
He then bequeathed to George C. Ferrel as trustee of his
son Hamilton Caton all the estate remaining after paying
his widow. These funds were to be held by him,
George C. Ferrel, for the use of son Hamilton during his
natural life, after which the remainder if any was to be
equally distributed between the sons and daughters (and
I assume grandchildren although the term grandchildren
was not used). The 1870 and 1880 censuses used the
term insane in describing Hamilton. A notice in
the April 12, 1889 issue of "Semi Weekly Age"
(Coshocton, Ohio) reads, "In the case of George C.
Ferrell executor of Henry Caton deceased vs George Caton
et al, guardian ad litem was appointed and order of sale
issued." Guardian ad litem is an adult who is
legally responsible for protecting the well-being and
interests of their ward, who is usally a minor.
Thus George was formalizing his relatiionship with
regard to Hamilton and was arranging for sale of the
real estate. Another notice in the May 24 issue of
the same newspaper states, "Executory of estate of Henry
Caton made report of sale of real estate, and deed was
ordered."
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viii. | Daniel Caton, born
Abt. 1812 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Aft. June 1, 1860 in likely Marion
Township, Owen County, Indiana; married Mary Walker July 5,
1840 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; born Abt. 1818 in
Pennsylvania; died Aft. June 1, 1880 in likely Owen County,
Indiana.
Daniel appears in the George Caton
household in the 1820 Amwell Township census as one of
the boys under age 10. His appearance in the 1830
census George Caton household places him in the age
group of 15 through 19. And his appearance in the
1850 White Eyes Township, Coshocton county, Ohio census
and the 1860 Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana
census place his birth year as consistently circa 1812.
Charles and Daniel jointly purchased
42.5 acres in the U.S. Military Survey for the SW1/4 of
the NW1/4 of section 4. This tract was adjacent to
the first tract issued to Gabriel above. The
application was filed February 25, 1833 and their
residence was given as Coshocton County. This may
have been a way for a relatively young Daniel to get
into land ownership. It is possible he sold out
his share of this land holding to Charles at a later
date, and purchased a tract in his own name. On
April 10, 1837 Daniel was issued a certificate for 42.5
acres in the U.S. Military Survery for the NW1/4 of the
NW1/4 of section 4, a tract immediately adjacent to the
north of the tract that he and Charles held jointly.
In 1850 Daniel and family are family
97/97 in White Eyes Township, Coschocton County page
236B. Included in the enumeration as a farm
laborer is 22 year old Joseph Farr, son of Joseph Farr,
Sr. and Catherine Caton, Catherine being sister of
Daniel. Family 98/98 is Jacob and Anna Margaret
Miller Funk and children, which includes Ellen Funk who
would become the wife of Joseph Farr, Jr. on November
15, 1853 in Avondale (now Fresno), White Eyes
Township. Within about 5 years Daniel and family
moved to Owen County, Indiana. They are found in
the 1860 Marion Township census, page 239B where 9 of
their 10 children are still at home. Child Jemima,
born circa 1854, is shown as born in Ohio and child
John, born circa 1855, is shown as born in
Indiana. Their last child, William Caton, is
simply shown as infant Caton age 1 month in the 1860
census. With all children coming at regular
intervals it may possibly mean that Daniel died
relatively soon thereafter.
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316. Michael Funk I, born October
20, 1774 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania; died 1849 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He
was the son of 632. Peter Funk and
633. Catherine
Frankhauser. He married 317.
Savina Slusher August 11, 1798 in Frederick
County, Virginia.
317. Savina Slusher, born Unknown;
died December 07, 1863 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. She
was the daughter of 634. John Frederick Slusher
and 635. Anna Engley Huntsiker.
Children of Michael Funk and Savina Slusher are: |
158 | i. | Jacob Funk, born
July 29, 1799 in Frederick County, Virginia; died October
18, 1881 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio;
married Anna Margaret Miller June 16, 1823 in Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
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ii. | David Funk, born
April 21, 1801 in Frederick County, Virginia; died August
17, 1868 in Coshocton County, Ohio; married Rhoda ? Abt.
1826 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; born December 18,
1805; died May 10, 1871 in Coshocton County, Ohio.
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iii. | Mary Funk, born
October 01, 1803 in probably Amwell Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died May 1892 in Adams Township,
Coshocton County, Ohio; married Daniel Smith June 17, 1834
in Washington County, Pennsylvania; born December 29, 1803
in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died January 1894 in
Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
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iv. | Sarah Funk, born
Abt. 1805 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown;
married John Horne January 1831 in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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v. | Saphronia Funk,
born March 15, 1807 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Samuel Loyd; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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vi. | Frederick Funk,
born Abt. 1816 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Mary ? Abt. 1857; born
Abt. 1824 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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vii. | Michael Funk II,
born March 25, 1818 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died July 19, 1905 in Greene County,
Pennsylvania; married Lucinda ? Abt. 1840 in Pennsylvania;
born October 06, 1815 in Pennsylvania; died December 23,
1884 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
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viii. | Elizabeth Funk,
born Unknown in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married John Dollison; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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ix. | Susannah Funk, born
Unknown in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania;
died Unknown.
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x. | George Funk, born
Unknown in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania;
died Unknown.
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Child of Abraham Miller and Mary Peck is: |
159 | i. | Anna Margaret Miller,
born 1800 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died September 17, 1863 in White Eyes
Township, Coshocton County, Ohio; married Jacob Funk June
16, 1823 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
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326. Otto Olsson, born March 27,
1768 in Sweden; died Unknown. He was the son of 652. Olof
Olsson and 653. Cathrina Nillsdotter.
He married 327. Anna Hansdotter
October 03, 1793.
327. Anna Hansdotter, born May 02,
1775 in Sweden; died January 21, 1805 in Ralls Dammen
Gård, Nedra Rälls Rote, Ljusnarssberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden.
Children of Otto Olsson and Anna Hansdotter are: |
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i. | Petter Olsson, born
September 07, 1794 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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ii. | Brita Cathrina
Olsson, born March 30, 1797 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii. | Anna Olsson, born
May 24, 1799 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Christina Elisabeth
Olsson, born February 09, 1803 in Sweden; died Unknown.
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163 | v. | Maja Ottosdotter,
born January 14, 1805 in Dammen Rote, Ljusnarsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died April 27, 1861 in Nabben Gård,
Nederhyttan Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden;
married (1) Unknown Father; married (2) Lars Persson March
28, 1833 in Nabben Gård, Nederhyttan Rote, Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden
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328. Lars Matsson, born June 05,
1752 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died November 27, 1813 in Dalkarlssjön
Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden. He was the
son of 656. Mathes Larsson
and 657. Katarina Jonsdotter.
He married 329. Anna Persdotter
June 27, 1779 in Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden.
329. Anna Persdotter, born 1758 in
Filipstad Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
She was the daughter of 658. Per Svensson
and 659. Annika Larsdotter.
Children of Lars Matsson and Anna Persdotter are: |
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i. | Mathes Larsson,
born February 20, 1780 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ii. | Anna Larsdotter,
born October 05, 1781 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii. | Kajsa Larsdotter,
born May 18, 1783 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Lena Larsdotter,
born October 04, 1785 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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164 | v. | Petter Larsson,
born January 04, 1789 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died April 10, 1849 in
Grundsjöhyttan Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; married Maria Nilsdotter May 30, 1814 in Taberg
Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden.
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vi. | Brita Larsdotter,
born May 29, 1791 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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vii. | Jonas Larsson, born
1796 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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330. Nils Sonesson, born April 15,
1752 in Uddheden Rote, Norra Råda Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died March 09, 1816 in Mokärnshyttan Gård,
Mårtenstorp Rote, Norra Råda Parish, Värmlands Län,
Sweden. He was the son of 660. Sone Eriksson
and 661. Marit Olofsdotter.
He married 331. Stina Larsdotter.
331. Stina Larsdotter, born December
24, 1755 in Fogdhyttan Rote, Färnebo Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden; died March 15, 1816 in Mokärnshyttan Gård,
Mårtenstorp Rote, Norra Råda Parish, Värmlands Län,
Sweden. She was the daughter of 662. Lars Svensson
and 663. Ingrid Danielsdotter.
Child of Nils Sonesson and Stina Larsdotter is: |
165 | i. | Maria Nilsdotter,
born January 01, 1792 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; died 1871; married Petter Larsson May 30, 1814 in
Taberg Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden.
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332. Erik Olsson, born January 25,
1760 in Djupdalen Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden; died April 26, 1810 in Sjötorp Rote, Ramsberg
Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. He was the son of 664. Olof
Andersson and 665. Kristina Larsdotter.
He married 333. Maria Eriksdotter
October 27, 1790 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden.
333. Maria Eriksdotter, born October
28, 1763 in Lindesberg Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 666. Erik
Larsson and 667. Anna Didriksdotter.
Children of Erik Olsson and Maria Eriksdotter are: |
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i. | Anders Eriksson,
born August 06, 1794 in Dagkarlon Rote, Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ii. | Maria Eriksdotter,
born May 12, 1796 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden;
died Unknown.
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iii. | Anna Stina
Eriksdotter, born March 31, 1799 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Jan Erik Eriksson,
born November 17, 1801 in Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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166 | v. | Per Ersson Ramqvist,
born May 16, 1804 in Sjötorp Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden; died December 04, 1863 in Grängesberg Rote,
Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; married Anna
Andersdotter June 10, 1826 in Sweden.
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vi. | Cathrina
Eriksdotter, born August 28, 1806 in Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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334. Anders Matsson, born July 24,
1780 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke Parish, Kopparbergs
Län, Sweden; died December 04, 1844 in Norro Bredsjö
Rote, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden. He was
the son of 668. Mats Matsson
and 669. Anna Andersdotter.
He married 335. Anna Abrahamsdotter
1805 in Sweden.
335. Anna Abrahamsdotter, born
September 22, 1784 in St. Djurlången Rote, Malingsbo
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died January 30, 1858 in
Norberg Parish, Västmanlands Län, Sweden. She was the
daughter of 670. Abraham Abrahamsson
and 671. Maria Andersdotter.
Children of Anders Matsson and Anna Abrahamsdotter are: |
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i. | Kristina
Andersdotter, born March 14, 1807 in Kittslingberg Rote,
Norrbärke Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died December
08, 1810 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke Parish,
Kopparbergs Län, Sweden.
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167 | ii. | Anna Andersdotter,
born September 24, 1810 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died November 14, 1879 in
Pärlby Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden;
married Per Ersson Ramqvist June 10, 1826 in Sweden.
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iii. | Anders Andersson,
born June 08, 1814 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke Parish,
Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Peter Andersson,
born May 29, 1820 in Norro Bredsjö Rote, Ljusnarsberg
Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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336. Asa Waterhouse, born Bef. 1762
in New Jersey; died Unknown in Cambria, Niagara County,
New York. He was the son of 672. Nathan Walterhouse, Sr.
and 673. Sarah Mann.
Children of Asa Waterhouse are: |
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i. | William Waterhouse,
born 1782 in New Jersey; died January 14, 1867 in Canada;
married Sarah Van Camp; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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ii. | Joseph Waterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown in Canada; married Margaret Buck
in Canada; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Isaac Waterhouse,
born Abt. 1786; died Unknown.
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168 | iv. | John Waterhouse, Sr.,
born Abt. 1788 in New Jersey; died Unknown in Salt Lake
City, Utah; married Sarah Reynolds 1812.
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v. | Robert Waterhouse,
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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Child of Thomas Watson is: |
173 | i. | Peggy Watson, born
1790 in Tennessee; died Unknown; married James Coghlan, Sr.
March 18, 1806 in Warren County, Ohio.
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352. Joseph Zimmermann, born
September 17, 1767 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died April 18, 1821 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation. He was the son of 704. Rudolph
Zimmermann and 705. Maria Theresia Gantner.
He married 353. Elizabetha Weber
May 27, 1794 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg,
Holy Roman Empire.
Notes for
Joseph Zimmermann:
Joseph's baptism names his parents as
Rudolph Zimmermann and his wife Theresia.
Witnesses to Joseph's baptism were August Merckle and
Cathar. Seifert.
The record of Joseph's death/burial
states that his wife was Elisabetha Weber. He
was a farmer from Massenbachhausen. His parents
were Rudolph Zimmermann who was a citizen and farmer
of Massenbachhausen and Theresia Gantner, both
deceased. His age at the time of death was 53
years and 7 months. Cause of death is stated as
a worsening swelling. He died at 11:00 a.m. on
April 18 and was buried on April 20, 1821.
The record of marriage states that
Joseph was the son of the deceased Rudolph Zimmermann
and Catharina ne Auerin. Catharina was in fact
Rudolph's first wife. The witnesses were Franz
Peter Merckle and Franz Merckle.
353. Elizabetha Weber, born May 15,
1770 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died March 10, 1833 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation. She was the daughter of 706.
Dominicus Weber
and 707. Maria Elisabetha Bühl.
Notes for
Elizabetha Weber:
The record of Elizabetha's baptism
names her parents as Dominicus Weber and
Elisabetha. The sponsors were Johannes George
Miller and his wife, Magdalena.
On the record of Elizabetha's
death/burial it states that she was the wife of Joseph
Zimmermann and her parents were Dominikus Weber and
Elisabeth Bihlin, both deceased. Her cause of
death is stated as asthma. She died about 4:00
a.m. on March 10 and was buried at 8:00 a.m. on March
12, 1833.
Children of Joseph Zimmermann and Elizabetha Weber are: |
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i. | Maria Elisabeth
Zimmermann, born April 22, 1795 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy
of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died August 13, 1821 in
Kirchhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg,
German Confederation.
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ii. | Theresia
Zimmermann, born November 23, 1797 in Massenbachhausen,
Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died September 27,
1830 (Typhus) in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation; married
Kasimir Heinzmann September 24, 1828 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; born March 3, 1799 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy
of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died October 3, 1863.
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176 | iii. | Adam Zimmermann,
born December 11, 1800, in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died August 23, 1880;
married Maria Barbara Leisle August 14, 1825 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; born August 14, 1800 in
Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire;
died December 27, 1854 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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iv. | Luzia Zimmermann,
born May 17, 1804 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation; died October
19, 1825 in Kirchhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; married Kasimir
Heinzmann January 19 1825 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
born March 3, 1799 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died October 3, 1863.
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v. | Margaretha
Zimmermann, born July 17, 1807 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died September 29, 1889 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire; married
Johann Ernst Merkle November 27, 1832 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; born March 29, 1805 in Massenbachhausen,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation; died May 28,
1889 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Empire.
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vi. | Johannes
Zimmermann, born June 18, 1811 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died August 8, 1876 (Accidental hanging) in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Empire; married Louisa Müller November
28, 1836 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom
of Württemberg, German Confederation; born June 13, 1814;
died May 23, 1867 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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vii. | Maria Anna
Zimmermann, born March 9, 1816 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died Unknown.
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354. Joseph Leisle, born January 19,
1771 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died March 20, 1842 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation. He was the son of 708.
Johannes Henricus Leisle
and 709. Maria Magdalena Dehl.
He married 355. Maria Elisabetha Farni
October 30, 1796 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire.
Notes for
Joseph Leisle:
Joseph's baptism names his parents as
Heinrich Leisle and his wife Magdalena. The
sponsors at Joseph's baptism were Joseph Baumhauer and
his sister Magdalena.
The record of Joseph's death/burial
states that he was a married man, his wife was Maria
Elisabeth nee Farni. He was a shoemaker from
Massenbachhausen. His age at the time of death
was 71 years and 3 months. Cause of death is
listed as weakness of old age. He died at 1:00
p.m. on March 20 and was buried at 9:00 a.m. on March
22, 1842.
355. Maria Elisabetha Farni, born
December 13, 1775 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died February 3, 1853 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation. She was the daughter
of 710. Johannes Matthaus Farni
and 711. Margaretha Elisabetha
Fischer.
Notes for
Maria Elisabetha Farni:
Maria's baptism lists her parents as
Mathaus Farni and his wife Margaretha
Elisabetha. The sponsor at Maria's baptism was
the sponster Dorothea Beyerin.
The record of Maria's death/burial
identifies her as the widow of Joseph Leisle and her
parents as Matthaus Farni, shoemaker and citizen of
Massenbachhausen. and Elisabeth nee Fisher. Her
age at the time of death was 78 years. Cause of
death is given as deterioration of the
constitution. She died about 3:00 a.m. on
February 3 and was buried at 8:00 a.m. on February 5,
1853. In the family register, the only child
recorded is Maria Barbara.
Children of Joseph Leisle and Maria Elisabetha Farni are: |
177 | i. | Maria Barbara Leisle,
born October 14, 1800 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died December 27, 1854 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation; married Adam Zimmermann
August 14, 1825 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation; born December
11, 1800, in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died August 23, 1880.
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364. Karl Hochwarth, born 1762 in
Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died
September 25, 1832 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden,
German Confederation. He was the son of 728. David
Simon Johann Hochwarth and 729. Anna
Maria Kunigunde Umhau. He married 365. Veronika Maria Ruegner Abt.
1791 in Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Margraviate of
Baden, Holy Roman Empire.
365. Veronika Maria Ruegner, born
April 14, 1753 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died September 27, 1829 in Helmhof, Grand
Duchy of Baden, German Confederation.
Children of Karl Hochwarth and Veronika Maria Ruegner are: |
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i. | Philipp Georg
Hochwarth, born Abt. 1780; died Unknown in River Krim,
Poland; married Maria Barbara Eva Zeller March 27, 1799 in
Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden,
Holy Roman Empire; born September 29, 1780 in Helmhof,
Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown in
River Krim, Poland.
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ii. | Juliane Hochwarth,
born March 09, 1790 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown.
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iii. | Jakob Adam Philipp
Hochwarth, born July 13, 1792 in Helmhof, Margraviate of
Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died October 05, 1847 in Military
Hospital, Douéra, Algeria, Africa; married (1) Rosina Eva
Schmidt December 08, 1822 in Neckarbischofsheim parish,
Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation; born
July 23, 1792 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman
Empire; died Unknown; married (2) Margaretha Grimm September
24, 1837 in Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Grand Duchy
of Baden, German Confederation; born July 15, 1801 in
Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died April
26, 1842 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden, German
Confederation.
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iv. | Juliana Susanna
Hochwarth, born February 04, 1796 in Helmhof, Margraviate of
Baden, Holy Roman Empire; died Unknown.
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182 | v. | Karl Johann Hochwarth,
born August 28, 1799 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown; married (1) Dorothea Margaretha
Fasch January 10, 1830 in Neckarbischofsheim parish,
Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation; married
(2) Sabina Maria Boch December 07, 1830 in
Neckarbischofsheim parish, Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden,
German Confederation.
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Children of Joseph McKay are: |
184 | i. | William McKay, born
1824 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died April 11,
1889 in Drumgauney, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
married Margaret Loughery May 13, 1845 in Presbyterian
Church, Balteagh Parish, County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland.
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ii. | James McKay, born
unknown in probably County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died unknown; married Mary Loughery July 12, 1860 in
Presbyterian Church, Balteagh Parish, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland; born unknown; died unknown.
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iii. | Thomas McKay, born
unknown in probably County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died unknown; married Jane Jackson July 12, 1860 in
Presbyterian Church, Balteagh Parish, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland; born unknown; died unknown.
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Children of Samuel Loughery and Anne McCloskey are: |
185 | i. | Margaret Loughery,
born August 18, 1819 in County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland; died August 28, 1845 in Thornburg, Keokuk County,
Iowa; married William McKay May 13, 1845 in the Presbyterian
Church, Balteagh Parish, County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland.
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ii. | Elinor Loughery,
born May 15, 1827 in Bovevagh Parish, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland; died Unknown.
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iii. | Mary Loughery, born
Unknown; died Unknown; married James McKay October 25, 1855
in Presbyterian Church, Balteagh Parish, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland.
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