Notes

[NI0007] This researcher (Gregg Scircle) never heard my grandfather referred to but John Gregg Scircle, Sr. Not sure where the Oliver came from, as I can find no Olivers in the family. There are Oliver Greggs from another Gregg family in Ohio, but I do not think we are related.

[NI0012] Jan Scircle is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, next to his parents, John Gregg Scircle, Sr. and Frances B. Wagoner Scircle.

[NI0018] Buried in Baker Cemetery, Clinton County, Indiana[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Oct 12, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.4011.48]

Individual: Circle, William M.
Age: 7 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Indiana
County: Clinton
Township: Jennings
Post Office: Berlin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0278
Census Line Number: 33A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Real Property: $0
Personal Property: $0
Literate: Yes
School Within Year: Yes
Family Number: 0452
Dwelling Number: 0461

[NI0019] [Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Oct 12, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.8663.17]

Individual: Gregg, Ruth
Age: 4 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Indiana
County: Clinton
Township: Sugar Creek
Post Office: Kirklin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0352
Census Line Number: 03A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Real Property: $0
Personal Property: $0
Literate: Yes
Family Number: 0986
Dwelling Number: 1005

[NI0026] More About GEORGE ADAM SCIRCLE:
Changed spelling of surname sometime between 1838 and 1873. Also known to the family as ADDISON.
Founded Scircleville, Indiana in 1873.

Note from the marriage records in the Indiana State Library:

Circle, George A Tippecanoe County [WB 2 pp 328-330, George Scircle prvd 17 Jan 1895, wife Malinda; ch: James R, Emanuel E, Harriett, Malinda A, Wm M, George A. Scircle, Caroline Orr, Margaret Baker, Lucy Ann McClenand. Ch deceased dau Ella Gossett, Isadore C & Wm O Gossett & Armilda Ray]

Buried: Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0027] Buried: Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

Malinda Scircle sued her family (all children) and spouses over the Will of George Adam Scircle. Partial text below: For those who want a full copy, please contact Gregg Scircle.



Ref: Partition Record C, pp 162 - 172; Apr 1874 - Apr 1880


MALINDA SCIRCLE VS MARGARET A. BAKER


State of Indiana Clinton Circuit Court Clinton County December Term 1875


Malinda Scircle

VS

Margaret A. Baker
Washington T. Baker
Amilda J. Ray
Caroline J. Gossott
William O. Gossett
Caroline Scircle
Susan Scircle
Caroline Orr
Curran Orr
Lucy McLelland
Arthur J. McLelland
Elizabeth Orr
Matthew E. Orr
Wm M. Scircle
George A. Scircle, Jr
Malinda A. Scircle
Harriet S. Scircle
Emanuel E. Scircle
James R. Scircle

Be it remembered that heretofore to-wit on the 29th day of Nov A D 1875. Malinda Scircle by McClurg and Kent her attorneys filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clinton County in the State of Indiana her Petition for Partition in words and figures following to-wit;

Partition No. 1226


Malinda Scircle plaintiff complains of Margaret A Baker, Washington T. Baker her husband, Amilda J Ray, Caroline I Gossett, William 0 Gossett, Caroline Scircle, Susan Scircle, Caroline Orr, Curran Orr her husband, Lucy A McLelland. Arthur J McLelland her husband, Elizabeth Orr, Matthew E Orr her husband. William M. Scircle, George A. Scircle, Jr., Malinda A Scircle, Harriet S Scircle, Emanuel E Scircle, and James R. Scircle defendants here and says That she said plaintiff and said defendents are the owners in fee and tenants in common of the following described real estate in Clinton County in the State of Indiana to-wit: page is blank here----------- that said plaintiffs and defendants are the owners of said Real Estate in the following interests and properties to-wit.

The plaintiff Malinda Scircle is the owner of and entitled to the undivided one third in value of said Real Estate that defendants are the joint owners of the remainder of said Real Estate.

Plaintiff says that her husband George A Scircle on the day of --------1875 died seized of said Real Estate testate. That by his said Will he denied to this plaintiff a life estate in all of said Real Estate. But she says that she declines to accept the provisions in said will in lien of her interest in said Real Estate and she accepts and takes under the statute in such cases made and provided. Wherefore plaintiff prays that defendants be summoned to answer to this petition and that a Guardian ad litem be appointed to answer for said and that plaintiff have partition of said lands and that one third in value be set off to her and that she have such other relief as in law she may be entitled

McClurg & Kent Attys
for Plff.

The real estate described is in the town of Scircleville and also in the township - its too long to copy the description. If anyone is interested wtll send a xerox copy of such. (Editor)

Isaac D. Arastrong, John Pruitt and James Wynekoop were appointed by the court to make Partitian and a warrant issued to them accordingly. Report of Partition as follows to-wit: We divided the whole of said premises into two allotments giving to the plaintiff Malinda Scircle the one third (1/3) in value of all of said Real Estate her said interest being described which we set off and assign to her. (Land in and around the town of Scircleville, Ind.)

We also give, assign, and set off to the defendants in a body all the remainder and residue of said Real Estate the same being according to our belief and judgement tho two thirds in value of all the Real Estate described in said commission,

Signed by I. D. Armstrong, John Pruitt
J V. Wynkoop

Signed Mar 16 , 1876 by T. H. Palmer (Judge)

A certified transcript filed and recorded in Recorder's Office May 12th, 1876 in Deed Record 44 page 68.



William M. Scircle was appointed Administrator of the estate of Malinda Scircle, Sr. on the 28th day of February, 1878, in vacation of the Clinto Probate Court. Bond filed and letters issued. And afterwards on March 12th, 1878, the bond taken by the Clerk was by the Court examined and approved.

And such proceedingswere afterwards had in the settlement of said estate that on June 6th, 1879, said Administrator filed his final report showing full settlement of said estate, which report was by the Court examined and approved and said Administrator discharged. See Apperance Docket "C" page 7.
Complete Record 22 page 465.



Emanuel Burget was appointed Guardian of Malinda A. Scircle, Harriet S.E.C. Scircle, Emanuel E. Scircle, and James R. Scircle December 27th, 1877. Bond filed to the approval of the Court and letters issued.
See Guardian's Docket "B" page 216.

[NI0028] The death of John Circle, George Adam Scircle's father, from the History of Lewis, Clark, Knox, and Scotland Counties, Missouri. Published in 1887.


State of Missouri vs. Charles Carter.--The history of this case as developed in the evidence at the trial is as follows: John Circle settled on a "claim" near the present village of Upton in 1839, and some time thereafter, Carter, the defendant, owned a claim near by Circle's. Carter sold this claim to Flavius Holder, then went to California, and afterward returned and began to cut timber on Circle's land. The latter remonstrated, and then a quarrel ensued, and both parties made threats. This occurred early in the year 1853. Carter made some rails on Circle's land, and sent his boys to haul them off. Circle and John W. McDole (who seems to have been in Circle's employ) caught the boys and threw the rails off the sled. The boys then went home, told their father, and he loaded his gun, and, taking his son, Christopher, who had an ax, went down to the timber. Thomas and William Pollock were at work near by, and Carter went to them and asked who had thrown off the rails. They said Circle and McDole. He (Carter) made some threats in their presence, and then went to the place where Circle and McDole were, which was in sight of the Pollocks, and began the fracas. Circle had lived on this land ever since he purchased the claim of Kilgore, had settled thereon in 1839, was sixty-two years of age and crippled. McDole was thirty years old. Both of these men had guns. Circle had borrowed his gun of John Upton, who lived in Van Buren County, Iowa, and McDole had L. Pollock's gun, also a pistol. Carter fired his gun at them, and the Pollocks saw him strike McDole on the head, and heard him tell his son Christopher to "hit him with the ax." In the struggle both Circle and McDole were killed with a knife. The latter was struck on the head with something, as it was found that his head was badly bruised, and it was claimed that Christopher Carter struck this blow with an ax.

After killing the men Carter broke their guns over a log and tree. Circle had a pistol which he called "John Bull," and after the murder was committed, this was found on the ground loaded. The murder took place on the 25th of February, 1853, within a mile of Upton, and about 150 yards from the Keosauqua road. Carter was arrested, and at the May term, 1853, of the Scotland Circuit Court, the grand jury found an indictment against him for the crime he had committed. He plead "not guilty," and asked for and obtained a change of venue to Knox County, where he was finally tried at the May term, 1855, of the circuit court of that county; was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve a nine years' term in the penitentiary. He was considered a dangerous man, and the people of his neighborhood had threatened to run him off before he committed this crime. At his trial, Judge Addison Reese presided, and he was prosecuted by John C. Anderson, the prosecuting attorney, and was defended by James Proc. Knott and Senator James S. Green.


More About JOHN CIRCLE , SR.:
Abt. 1793, Born in Virginia
1810, Living in Botetourt Co. Virginia home of father Peter Circle
September 1813, Served in the 37th Regt. Virginia Militia War of 1812
February 13, 1817, Married Margaret Rebecca Nicely
1820, Living in German Twp., Clark County, Ohio
1830, Living in German Twp., Clark County, Ohio
February 21, 1831, Married Lucyan Strain in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Abt. 1836, Said to have leased farm in Tippecanoe County, Indiana to John Felix
1840, Living in Clark County, Missouri
1850, Living in Scotland County, Missouri
Feb. 25, 1853, Killed by Charles and Christopher Carter, without will in Scotland County, Missouri

This information below came from research done by my cousin John Allen Scircle in an e-mail sent on 27 April 1998:

I was interested in deed records for John Circle in Tippecanoe County, probably in the 1830-1840 period. That was exactly what I found -- he bough land in 1830 and 1831, and sold land in 1839. These were the entries that I found in the Tippecanoe County deed index (they didn't have the deed books themselves microfilmed, but the indexes seem to tell me what I''m interested in):

Grantee: Circle, John
Grantor: Robert Cochran
Description:
S part W-1/2 SW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3
bounded on the south bank of wild cat supposed to contain 30 acres more or less
Date: January 24, 1830 [I don't know if this is date sold or date recorded]
Book J, page 629

Grantee: Circle, John
Grantor: Joseph Drake
Description:
W-1/2 NW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3;
E-1/2 NW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3;
E-1/2 SW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3;
Also part W-1/2 SW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3 to wit all the north from the S side of the creek cont 55 acres more or less
Date: November 10, 1831
Book D, page 140

Grantor: Circle, John
Grantee: Harvey Beal
Description:
NE-1/4 NE-1/4 Sec. 12, Twp 21, Range 3
Date: March 30, 1839
Book P, page 544

Grantor: Circle, John
Grantee: John Charles
Description:
W-1/2 NW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3;
E-1/2 NW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3;
SW-1/4 Sec. 26, Twp. 33, Range 3.
Date: April 24, 1839
Book M, page 578

You see that these dates correspond very well with his marriage to Lucyan Strain and to his presence in Missouri in 1840. There is very little doubt in my mind that this is "our" John Circle, and that these transaction give a approximation of his stay in Indiana.

[NI0030] Living in Van Buren County, Iowa in 1850

[NI0031] More About JOHN CIRCLE , JR.:
1850, Living in Van Buren County, Iowa
1852, Living in Van Buren County, Iowa
1854, Living in Scotland County, Missouri (Hosted a marriage ceremony)
1858, Settled in Wilson County, Kansas
1860, Living in Woodson County, Kansas
October 1863, Member of Co. G, 16th Regiment, Kansas State Militia, Rank: Private at Ft. Scott. Was mustered in for about two weeks during the Sterling Price raid into Missouri and Eastern Kansas.
1870, Living in Wilson County, Kansas
1880, Living in Crawford County, Kansas
1881, Living in Crawford County, Kansas

In 1880 John Circle(s) and wife Mary Ann Circle(s) were living with Orvil Moulton and wife Margaret Elizabeth (Circle), listed as Father in Law and Mother in Law. They were living in Sheridan Township, Crawford County, Kansas. On Page 3, Dist No. 1, Emunerators Dist. No. 59, 1880 Kansas Census of Sheridan Township, Crawford County, Kansas, on the 2nd of June 1880, by F. R. Russell, Emunerator.

[NI0032] More About CHARLES WILLIAM CIRCLE:
1850, Living in Scotland County, Missouri
1855, Living in Scotland County, Missouri (hosted a marriage ceremony)
1860, Living in Linn County, Kansas
1870, Living in Linn County, Oregon

[NI0039] More About LUCYAN STRAIN:

After Husband John Circle died in March of 1853, Lucyan remarried. She married Samuel H. Power, Sr. on September 8, 1853 in Scotland County, MO. There is a death record for Sophia Power in Scotland County, MO. Did Samuel rebury Sophia (Suffia) in Clinton County, Indiana? Or is she buried in Scotland County.

1880, Living in Crawford County, Kansas
1883, No Powers living in Crawford County, Kansas

[NI0040] Buried in Baker Cemetery, East of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0056] Eva Maries surname may be BEAR or BAER.

[NI0060] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, March 5, 1648.

[NI0069] Conrad was chaplain in Hamback/Palatinate.

NAME

Zirkel appears to be the more correct German form of the family name. But note how it sounds in German:
"Z" is pronounced as "TS"
"i" is pronounced as "ee"
"1" is pronounced as "ell"

When Ludwig Zirckel from Baden arrived in Philadelphia County, his family had a difficult time in getting the English clerks at City Hall to spell properly the German spoken name "TSEERKELL". And the Clerks couldn't read his German signature either. They tried to spell it the way it sounded to them: Zirkell, Zerckel, Zirkle, Zerkel, Scircle, Sircle, & Circle.

The family name most probably originated from the German "Zirkler" meaning one on patrol, as a guard, or watchman who makes the rounds or the circle. This explanation is given by Professor Ferdinand Zirkel of Leipzig, Germany (one of the greatest Geologist and Petrologist) in a letter to Prof. Homer W. Zirkle of Denver, Colo. Oct. 21st 1903:

"A friend of mine, a great scholar in German philology, informed me that Zirkle or in the oldest form "Zirkler' means 'Nachtwachter', the Town Crier or Night Watchman, who makes his regular circalation, his 'zirkel'."

A German Dictionary gives the meaning off zirkel : "circle; pair of compasses" & likewise cirkel: "circle; pair of compasses".

Martin Luther's German Bible of 1534 uses the word "zirkelt" in Isaiah 44:13 as follows:

"und zirkelt es ab"

"and (he) compasses it off"

So it is not surprising that Konrad Zirgle's Coat of Arms of 1603 should feature a man holding a pair compasses, by which circles are made.

The English language does not use very many "Z" or "X", in this regard like the Latin; and tried to use lots of "S" and "C" instead. Thus the word for 'ring' in Greek is 'kirkos', but in Latin 'circus' and in English 'circle'. That was the problem: how to spell the Zirkel family name in English.

"We are German and our name is Zekkel. We live in America. Its language is English. So we will spell our name the English way". So John Lewis Circle, son of Peter Circle, told his son Stephen 10 years old in 1827 when his school teacher taught the lad how to spell his name in both German and English. So the descendants of the fifth brother Peter changed their name to Circle. So also did those of Michael Jr. who settled in Meigs County, Ohio. As this line migrated west from Virginia and Ohio to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and points west the spelling remained Circle. A grandson of Peter Circle, son of John Circle, George Adam changed the spelling to Scircle. This variation is found mainly in Indiana.

In Virginia, the Lewis line, the George Adam line, the Michael line, and part of the Andrew line spell their name Zirkle.

Part of Andrew line Zerkel.

The Michael line descendants who settled Mason County, W. Va. and in Clark and Champaign County, Ohio spelled their name Zerkel, but with the passing of time many of their descendants have changed it to Zerkle in many areas of Ohio, and the general mid West to which they have spread. The George Adam and Lewis lines use Zirkle generally across the country.

The spelling Zirkel generally indicates more recent immigrants, of which there are many in the New York City area.

The history of the family name, its appearance and use in Germany, has been studied carefully by Herr Wilhelm Zirkel of Ravensburg. He found the following:

1336 A Mrs. Zurgler is named as a house-
owner in Pforzheim Baden by Dr. Karl
Brechenmacher in Book V of German
Family Names.

1437 Stephan Zurkel a noble servant in
Nurnberg, Bavaria.

14__ A Mrs. Zirkler is named in Nekrolog
of Zimmern, a small town 1 hour from
Erlaheim.

1468 Bern(hard) Circkel de Eyselstadt is
named as a student at the University
of Leipzig.

1525 Bernhard Zirckler citizen of Fussen,
Bavaria.

1600 Jacob Zirkell in Erlaheim, Swabia.

1603 Konrad Zirgle in Bavaria, a 'Kellermeister' of Duke Ferdinand, i.e. ducal butler in charge of all wines and other drinks. He had the Coat of Ams of the man holding the compass ( zirkel ).


Adapted from the book: "Zirkle Family in America, Vol. 1 - Germany to Pennsylvania" By Gordon K. Zirkle.

[NI0070] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, February 28, 1619.

[NI0074] Was living (or visiting) with grandparents, James and Margaret Botts, during the 1880 census.

[NI0075] Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0076] Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0079] Married by Rev. Samuel Huston, the bond was dated 08 March 1797, and signed by Andrew Bogan and James Wallace.

[NI0080] Married by Rev. Samuel Huston, the bond was dated 08 March 1797, and signed by Andrew Bogan and James Wallace.

[NI0082] In 1870 Indiana Census listed as keeps Hotel in Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana. Aged 68y 10m 28d. Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0083] Aged 76y 6m 9d. Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0092] Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0093] Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0096] Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirklin Twp., Indiana. Aged 90y 6m on tombstone

Was living with daughter, Margaret Botts and son-in-law James Botts during the 1880 Clinton County Census.

[NI0097] Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirklin Twp., Indiana. Aged 83y 3m 18d on tombstone.

[NI0098] Notes for Peter Pursifull:
Peter immigrated from England, and was probably descended from the English noble family Percival. There are many spellings of this name- Pursifull, Pursiful, Purcifull, Perceval. He was in Harlan County, Kentucky by 1819 (tax records from this year list Peter Purcifull and Joseph Purcifull).

Peter, sons Joseph and Mount, all show on the 1820 and 1830 Harlan County Kentucky census.

These are the names on the 1820 Harlan County Census:

1820 Harlan County, KY Census Index

- P -

Pirsefield, Mount*
Powell, William
Pennington, Micajah
Parsons, Samuel
Pennington, Jas
Pennington, W
Pennington, A
Pennington, J
Pennington, Aaron
Pirsefield, Peter*
Persefield, Nancy*
Persefield, Joseph*
Pirce, Richard
Pirsefield, John* ( Not sure who John is)
Pauley, James
Pace, Polly

These are the pages from the 1830 Harlan County Census:

KEY:
The 1st set of 13 numbers represent free white males in the below order.
01 free white males under 5
02 free white males of 5 and under 10
03 free white males of 10 and under 15
04 free white males of 15 and under 20
05 free white males of 20 and under 30
06 free white males of 30 and under 40
07 free white males of 40 and under 50
08 free white males of 50 and under 60
09 free white males of 60 and under 70
10 free white males of 70 and under 80
11 free white males of 80 and under 90
12 free white males of 90 and under 100
13 free white males of 100 and upwards

The 2nd set of 13 numbers represent free white females in the below order.
01 free white females under 5
02 free white females of 5 and under 10
03 free white females of 10 and under 15
04 free white females of 15 and under 20
05 free white females of 20 and under 30
06 free white females of 30 and under 40
07 free white females of 40 and under 50
08 free white females of 50 and under 60
09 free white females of 60 and under 70
10 free white females of 70 and under 80
11 free white females of 80 and under 90
12 free white females of 90 and under 100
13 free white females of 100 and upwards

page 119

Mount Purcefull 3-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 /// 1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 /// 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0
Joseph Percefull 0-0-2-2-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0 /// 2-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Esau Percefull 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 /// 0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

page 120

Peter Percefull 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0 /// 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0

[NI0099] Notes for MARGARET SELSER:
William and Mary Quarterly, Vol #8, Ser. 2
Page 195 - 12 May 1777, Peter Persevul married Margaret Selser
Marriage performed by Rev. John Alderson, Augusta Co., VA

[NI0101] Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

[NI0102] Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

[NI0105] Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

[NI0106] Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

[NI0140] [Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Oct 12, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.1052.32]

Individual: Baker, Margaret
Age: 18 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Indiana
County: Clinton
Township: Jennings
Post Office: Berlin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0279
Census Line Number: 40A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Real Property: $0
Personal Property: $0
Literate: Yes
Family Number: 0461
Dwelling Number: 0470

[NI0146] Buried: Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0154] Living in Van Buren County, Iowa in 1850.

Information from John Allen Scircle sent on 27 April 1998:

About the only other "scircle" thing I copied this trip was the census entry for Caroline Circle and Elias Simmons and family in Iowa in 1850.

November 11, 1850 - Des Moines Twp., Van Buren Co., Iowa p. 368
Elias Simmons; age 33; male; carpenter; $600; born VA
Caroline; age 27; female; born O [Ohio, I presume]
Wm.; age 10; male; born MO;
John ; age 6; male; born MO;
George; age 3; male; born Iowa;
James; age 1; male; born Iowa;

This really just confirms what we already knew (I think), but I'm not sure I knew the names of the children -- pretty familiar, huh? (William, John, George).

As one can see Caroline named her children after her brothers and father.

[NI0172] Was 15 years old when he passed away.

[NI0174] According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document of Elizabeth Jane Orr, (Dorsey's Mother) dated April 9, 1915, Dorsey was living in Lewis, Colorado.

[NI0191] Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Indiana.

[NI0232] Buried in Cones (or Combs) Cemetery (now deserted) Clinton County, Indiana. James has a large marker in Oak Hill Cemetery , in Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI0233] Buried, Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana. Look for the large Gregg marker on south portion of the cemetery.

[NI0235] Could be spelled Spellman, or Spillman, but the accepted spelling seems to be Spilman.

[NI0236] In October or November 1776 he enlisted in the 10th Virginia Regiment
for three years. Sometime before 1787 he and his family joined his
brother in Bourbon County, Kentucky. By 1800 they had moved to
Campbell County, Kentucky, and by 1820 to Indiana.

[NI0237] Buried at Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Indiana. When Damaris married Thomas Amos in 1843, she used the Thurman surname.

[NI0238] Elijah is in the 1850 Indiana Census and says born on Kentucky, not Virginia as many researchers have him placed. Buried , Baker Cemetery, Scircleville, Indiana

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records: Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.22164.39]

Individual: Thurman, Elijah
Age: 58 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
County: Clinton
Township: Sugar Creek
Post Office: Kirklin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0353
Census Line Number: 03A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Job: Farmer
Job Code: 001 - Farmer
Real Property: $4000
Personal Property: $700
Head of Household: Y
Literate: Yes
Family Number: 0993
Dwelling Number: 1012

[NI0239] THE THURMANS: MARY(5) 1800-1870
Mary was the fifth child of Absolum Chenoweth, Jr. and Lydia Ann Ross,granddaughter of Absolum(3). She was born in Virginia and later moved to Jefferson Co., Kentucky, where herparents. Her first husband was William C. Ashbrook. They were married on 26 Jan 1819.
She married, at about 24, Elijah Thurman in Bullitt County. Elijah was twenty-four at the time and had been born in Virginia, though his parents are unknown. Elijah and Mary would have 5
children in Jefferson County, Kentucky before moving West to settle in Clinton Co.,
Indiana by 1831. Their other 4 children were born in this new location in the
Sugarcreek Township of Clinton County. Here they would live and prosper and
many of their descendants would live on in this Indiana area. The bulk of the line,
however, is carried by the daughters as only one of the four Thurman sons is known
to have had children, two dying in their late teens. Elijah died there within 3 months
of his wife, Mary at the age of 70. The name Thurman can be explored at Thurman's Quest

LOCATIONS: Jefferson and Bullitt Cos., KY, Clinton Co., IN

SOURCES: Richard Harris: The Chenoweth Family in America, Peter Chenoweth,
Nathan Rose, Loren & Linda Thurman, Judith L. Lashbrook and John Gregg
Scircle, III, Mary K. George, Margaret W. Baird.


Child of Mary Chenoweth and William C. Ashbrook

Damarius C. - 1822 - 1910

The children of Mary Chenoweth and Elijah Thurman

Eliza - 1825 - 1902
Archibald - 1826 - 1844
John Riley - 1827 - 1844
Angelina - 1829 - 1871
Joseph Absolom - 1831 - 1907
Attarah Jane - 1833 - 1891
Ephraim Ross - 1835 - 1901
Lydia Ann - 1838 - 1889

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records: Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.22165.31]

Individual: Thurman, Mary
Age: 59 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
County: Clinton
Township: Sugar Creek
Post Office: Kirklin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0353
Census Line Number: 04A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Real Property: $0
Personal Property: $0
Literate: Yes
Family Number: 0993
Dwelling Number: 1012

[NI0240] THE THURMANS: MARY(5) 1809-1870
Mary was the fifth child of Absolum Chenoweth, Jr. and Lydia Ann Ross,
granddaughter of Absolum(3). She was born in Jefferson Co., Kentucky, where her
parents had relocated a couple of years earlier. She married, at about 15, Elijah
Thurman in Bullitt County. Elijah was twenty-four at the time and had been born
in Virginia, though his parents are unknown. Elijah and Mary would have 5
children in Jefferson County, Kentucky before moving West to settle in Clinton Co.,
Indiana by 1831. Their other 4 children were born in this new location in the
Sugarcreek Township of Clinton County. Here they would live and prosper and
many of their descendants would live on in this Indiana area. The bulk of the line,
however, is carried by the daughters as only one of the four Thurman sons is known
to have had children, two dying in their late teens. Elijah died there within 3 months
of his wife, Mary at the age of 70. The name Thurman can be explored at Thurman's Quest.

LOCATIONS: Jefferson and Bullitt Cos., KY, Clinton Co., IN

SOURCES: Richard Harris: The Chenoweth Family in America, Peter Chenoweth,
Nathan Rose, Loren & Linda Thurman, Judith L. Lashbrook and John Gregg
Scircle, III

The children of Mary Chenoweth and Elijah Thurman
Damarius C. - 1824 - 1910
Eliza - 1825 - 1902
Archibald - 1826 - 1844
John Riley - 1827 - 1844
Angelina - 1829 - 1871
Joseph Absolom - 1831 - 1907
Attarah Jane - 1833 - 1891
Ephraim Ross - 1835 - 1901
Lydia Ann - 1838 - 1889

[NI0245] Buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Indiana.

[NI0248] THE McKINNEYS: LYDIA ANN THURMAN(6) 1838-1889

Lydia Ann was the youngest child of Mary Chenoweth and Elijah Thurman. She was born in Clinton County, Indiana, where her parents had relocated after their marriage in Kentucky. She married, at the age of 19, Asa McKinney, in Clinton County. Asa was twenty-one at the time and a native of the county. His father, William VanHook McKinney, had also come from Kentucky and was married to Lydias's older sister Angelina. Asa was Angelina's stepson, having been born to William's first wife. Lydia and Asa had eleven children, all born in Clinton Co., Indiana. Lydia died at the relatively young age of 41, when her youngest child was just 10. Asa outlived her by 28 years.

LOCATIONS: Jefferson and Bullitt Cos., KY, Clinton Co., IN
SOURCES: Peter Chenoweth, and Judith L. Lashbrook

[NI0249] ABSOLUM(3) 1745-1773
Absolum was the sixth child of John and Mary Smith Chenoweth. He was probably
the first son with the Chenoweth name to be born in Virginia after the family
relocated to Frederick County, though his Carter cousins of his Aunt Hannah
appear to be the first Virginia-born Chenoweth descendants. At the age of about 20,
Absolum married Ruth Morgan in Frederick County, her parents, age and place of
birth are unknown. Little is known of Absolum, as he died in Berkeley County at
about 28 years old. Three children are known, all thought to be born in Berkeley
County. Included in this line of descendant are the children of Ephraim B.
Chenoweth and his wife Mariah Reisinger which are misplaced in both the Hiatt
and Harris books.

[NI0251] JOHN(1) ca 1682-1746
According to J Richard Buckey: John, the progenitor of the Chenoweth Family in
America, is thought to have immigrated from Wales sometime before 1704. He
married Mary Calvert, the daughter of John Calvert and Judith Stamper, about
1705, probably in the home of one of her relatives in Pennsylvania. Family Tradition
places the marriage in England and as well as the birth of the first two to four
children. This tradition places the wife Mary in the line of The Lord Baltimores. But
the Family tradition is not supported by known facts and even Buckey's version has
no firm proof. The origins of John, his immigration and marriage are shrouded in
the mists and no one has been able to place his real beginnings.
They are known to have settled on a large tract of land by the Gunpowder River in
Baltimore County, Maryland near the thriving seaport of Joppa. They had 8
children by John's will: five sons and 3 daughters. The lines of Mary who married
John Watson are basically unknown to family researchers at this point. The lines of
Ruth who married John Peteet have just been found and are in the preliminary
stages of development. John Chenoweth was a gentleman blacksmith by trade and
died in Frederick County, Virginia in the Spring of 1746 where his will was proven.
What happened to his wife Mary is unknown, but his family is large and thriving.
Eighteen of his grandsons and great grandchildren would serve in the American
Revolution.
Recent work by Marie Eberle seems to indicated that John and Mary lived first in
Pennsylvania before moving to Maryland and went to Virginia probably before
1740.

[NI0257] According to many Chenoweth researchers there is NO!!! direct connection To the Chenouth Families as listed as his (John Chenoweth) parents, grandparents, etc. They are placed here as one day they may be connected, but as of this time John's parents cannot be established. For more information about this issue, please see the Chenoweth Main Web site at: http://www.accessone.com/~jegge/chenweth.htm

JOHN(1) ca 1682-1746
According to J Richard Buckey: John, the progenitor of the Chenoweth Family in
America, is thought to have immigrated from Wales sometime before 1704. He
married Mary Calvert, the daughter of John Calvert and Judith Stamper, about
1705, probably in the home of one of her relatives in Pennsylvania. Family Tradition
places the marriage in England and as well as the birth of the first two to four
children. This tradition places the wife Mary in the line of The Lord Baltimores. But
the Family tradition is not supported by known facts and even Buckey's version has
no firm proof. The origins of John, his immigration and marriage are shrouded in
the mists and no one has been able to place his real beginnings.
They are known to have settled on a large tract of land by the Gunpowder River in
Baltimore County, Maryland near the thriving seaport of Joppa. They had 8
children by John's will: five sons and 3 daughters. The lines of Mary who married
John Watson are basically unknown to family researchers at this point. The lines of
Ruth who married John Peteet have just been found and are in the preliminary
stages of development. John Chenoweth was a gentleman blacksmith by trade and
died in Frederick County, Virginia in the Spring of 1746 where his will was proven.
What happened to his wife Mary is unknown, but his family is large and thriving.
Eighteen of his grandsons and great grandchildren would serve in the American
Revolution.
Recent work by Marie Eberle seems to indicated that John and Mary lived first in
Pennsylvania before moving to Maryland and went to Virginia probably before
1740.

[NI0389] Woodridge Memorial Cemetery, 1338 Corley Mill Raod, Lexington, South Carolina

[NI0501] Was married to a Peterson, before divorcing and eventually married Charles Constantine.
Died at White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles. When family returned to their home in Whittier, California, hours after her death, the old family Sessums Regulator wall clock had stopped at the exact minute of her death, and even after being rebuild by a qualified clocksmith, has not run correctly since.
I think Rosabelle was teaching school at Ft. Belknap, Montana when Charles Constantine met her.
According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document dated April 9, 1915, Rozabelle (thats what she went by), was 32 years old, and a widow.

[NI0502] According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document dated April 9, 1915,
Jackson was 50 years old, and living in Cortez, Colorado.

[NI0634] Notes for JOHN HEINRICH 'HENRY' SELSER:
Henning's Statutes at Large - Vol #7
page 215 September 1758, Frederick Co., VA
Henry Sulser, Sgt., in King George II Army

Records of Augusta County, VA. Vol 1 - 1745-1800
page 373 - Henry Selzer vs. James Phillips, petition writ - 29 March 1774

Notes for Henry Selser:
Henry was christened on May 28, 1738 in Massanutten Lutheran Church. His full name was possibly John Heinrich Selser. In 1758 in Frederick Co., Virginia he was listed as a sergeant in the British army. On Mar. 29, 1774 in Augusta Co., Virginia he was involved in a court case with James Phillips. He and his second wife Mary were living in Rockingham Co., Virginia by June 8, 1795 (when they sold a lot to their son- in- law Jacob Rambo Jr.).

[NI0636]

My records show he was born 1756. In an
affidavit requesting pension for his Revolutionary War experience made
in Bloom County, Indiana, in June of 1832 he states:

"...doth on his oath make the following declaration: that he was born
in Shanadoah County, Virginia, near where the town of New Market now
stands, in the year 1756, according to a record made by his father in
the German language: that in the year 1775, (3 unknown words) hired to
march against the indians, and his father was bound to obey orders, he,
the applicant, being then approaching his nineteenth year, offered his
services as a substitue for his father and was so received, and was
attached to a company commanded be believes by Captain Lewis (2 unknown
words) positive that (unknown word) Lewis commanded the Regiment to
which the company belonged and (.....etc., etc. Then later he
continues:) he thinks he was then called Mat and may have been entered
Mathias instead of William his proper Christian name upon the rolls;
that he was marched from Stanton to Winchester, and his father being
acquainted personally with Gen. Washington, he was by order attached to
the Generals life guard, and marched to Deleware where the Army under
Gen. Washington then (unknown word) that he crofsed (sic) the Delaware
on the ice, pafsed (sic) through Jersey and was on service in
Washingtons guard at the battle of Trenton and Princeton (and this just
continues on and on...)

William Sulcer/Sulser married Jane Johnston of Wythe County, Virginia
and was married near the Wythe County Court House (about 1793 by Rev.
Frederick Repos [pr Refsos???) they lived in Virginia, Kentucky,
Illinois and finally Indiana (Green County)

Jane Johnston's brother also supports William's Revolutionary War
service.

SELSER

Mathias Selser purchased three tracts containing a total of 500 acres
from Jacob Stover (part of Stover's 5,000-acre patent land on the South
River Shenandoah) on 15 December 1735. A 200-acre tract (Tract 111G,
Map 14), another 200-acre tract (Tract 111J, May 14) and a 100-acre
tract (Tract 111P, Map 14). [FN: Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 1, p.
203.] Mathias purchased 217 acres from Martin Coffman for 30 pounds on
24 May 1739. (Tract 111F-2, Map 14) He sold one 200-acre tract (part
of the 1735 500-acre purchase, Tract 111J, Map 14) to Jacob Negler of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 35 pounds on 23 July 1740. [FN:
Orange County, Virginia Deed Bok 3, p. 419; Book 4, p. 167.] Jacob
Negler died and ....(unrelated material here)

Mathias purchased 200 acres running south along several courses of the
South River Shenandoah and on the north side of the river from Jacob
Stover for 24 pounds on 17 December 1741. He sold the 200-acre tract to
George Hite for 40 pounds on 8 March 1741/42 [FN: Orange County,
Virginia Deed Book 5, pp. 13, 194.]....(unrelated material here)

By 1742, Mathias Selser owned four tracts adjacent to each other on
Massanutten (Big) Run and the South River Sheandoah. These four tracts
were: 200 acres (Tract 11F-1), 217 acres (Tract 11F-2), 200 acres
(Tract 111G) and 217 acres (Tract 111H-1), all found on Map 14. U.S.
Highway 211 and Page County Highway 615 cross all four tracts with an
aggregate of 834 acres. He owned on other tract located about six miles
north of U.S. Highway 211 and accessible by Page County Highway 615/684
(Tract 111P, May 14). He sold this tract to Michael Rineharton 25
September 1745. [FN: Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 11, p.
96]...(unrelated material here)

Mathias Selser was deceased by 1 November 1763 when his will (dated 8
September 1763) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed the
home plantation to his wife Rhenemia Selser as her one-third dower. His
other bequests were: 400 (370) acres located on the east side of the
South River adjacent to his Massanutten tracts to his eldest son Lewis
(Lodowick) Selser 'which is deeded in his name;' [FN: Gray, Northern
Neck Grants, G-407 (8 August 1750)] the upper part of the old
Massanutten plantation (107 1/2 acres) to his son John Selser; the
middle division of the Massanutten plantation (170 acres) to his son
Mathias Selser; the lower division including part of the meadow (88 1/2
acres) to his daughter Mary; "that tract on Massanutten (Big) Creek" and
the remainer of the meadow tract left after the above three bequests
(188 1/2 acres) to his daughter Elizabeth; a tract on Smith Creek
"adjoining the count line of Augusta a prt of which tract belongs to
Jacob Hode" to his son Henry Selser; "all my tract of land lying in
Augusta County on the South River" to his daughter Barbara; a Negro girl
to his daaughter Christiana; 100 pounds to his grandson William
Phillips, son of Whilliam Phillips. Mathias appointed his wife Rhenemia
and Henry Ailer/Eley of Culpepeper County, Virginia to serve as
executors of his estate. [FN Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 3, p.
141; Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book 11, p. 515 (13 June 1765)].

His widow Rhenemia Selser Price had remarried by 27 September 1766 when
she and Henry Eley as executors of the estate sold 100 acres down the
river on the east side (as directed by Mathias in his will) to Jacob
Burner for 150 pounds. [FN: Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 11,
p. 139] The 100-acre tract had been purchased from Michael Rinehart on
25 September 1745 and was located at the mouth of Mill Run (adjacent to
and between Tracts 111C and 111D, Map 14). [FN: Orange County,
Virginia Deed Book 9, p. 225.]

Lewis Selser and his wife Elizabeth sold the 150-acre tract on
Massanutten (Big) Creek and Browns Run to Benjamin Strickler for 25
pound on 29 February 1768.

Adam Painter and his wife Elizabeth Selser Painter sold her inherited
188 1/2 -acre tracts to Jacob Strickler for 25 pounds and 650 pound on 5
October 1782. [FN: Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 11, p. 324;
Book 12, p. 127.]

Mathias Selser Jr. and his wife Eve sold his inherited 16-acre and
137-acre tracts to Jacob Strickler for 25 pounds and 650 pound on 5
Ocober 1782. [FN: Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book D, pp. 40,
41.]

Henry Selser and his wife Mary were living in Rockingham County,
Virginia by 8 June 1795 when they sold a lot in New Market, Virginia to
their son-in-low Jacob Rambo Jr. [FN: Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed
Book 1, p. 578.]
_______
Jim Sulcer, Arvada, CO
Genealogy: Sulcer/Sulser/Sulsar, Allen, Brown, Caffee,
Eastman, Holden, Martin, Nabholz, Walker, Wilson

Notes for MATHIAS SELTZER SELSER:
Ship's list of THE ALEXANDER AND ANNE, September 5, 1730, NY lists
(List 12A) Palatines
Mathias Seltzer
(List 12C) Swearing in
Mattheus Seltzer
---
Mathias passed through Lancaster County, PA, where his name was "Americanized" to Mathias Selser

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 13
pages 121, 122, 123, & 297
1733 Matthas Salzer in law suit over land transaction with Jacob Stover
1751 Mathias Selzer was appointed member of County Court of Augusta County

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 18
page 211-Wills in Frederick Co., VA, 1763, lists Mathias Selzer

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 30
page 174 - In the year 1730, Mathias Selzer came from Lancaster, PA., to Virginia, along with other settlers with German names: Muller, Strickler, Lung, Rood, Kaufman, etc.

Mathias Seltzer became a fairly wealthy man, owning land in Augusta, Frederick, Rockingham, Culpepper, Orange, and Shenandoah Counties of Virginia. Augusta County at that time included parts of what we now know as Ohio (State) and Kentucy. Mathias was a court official for Augusta County in his later years.

Herein I have listed the children in the order listed in Mathias Seltzer's will--eldest child first.

I do not know if the Seltzer/Byerly marriage occurred in Germany or Pennsylvania or Virginia....therefore it is difficult to accurately approximate the birthdates of the first 2 children of this marriage.

It is interesting that 3 of the sons have a first name of John. Herein, I am thinking John Lodowick is Lewis; John Ludwig is Ludwig and John Henry is Henry.




The Will Of Moetthues Selzer


In the name of God Amen. The eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three. I Matthias Celzar of Frederick County and colony of Virginia yeoman being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory. Thanks is given unto God for his mercy. But calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is Appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in writing that is to say Principally and first of all I do command my soul into the hand of God who gave it & my body to the Earth to be buried in a Christain like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors. Nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mercy & Power of God. And as Touching such Worldly Body knoweth it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give Bequeath and dispose of in the following Manner & form. Imprimis it is my Will & I do order that in the first place all my just debts & Funeral'Charges be fully paid and Satisfied out of my Moveable Estate. Item. In the next Place I do Appoint and order that the Home place where I now Live shall.be freely passed and Enjoyed by my Well beloved wife Rhenemia Celzar During her Natural Life that is to say so that it Exceed not her thirds or limits allowed her by Law to keep my children but if so at her Marriage she shall be(given out by the that Letter but till then live undisturbed as aforesaid. Item. I give unto my eldest son Lewis Celzar one tract of Land lying on the East side of the south River Shanando River containing four hundred acres which I purchased for him & Was Deeded in his Name which said Tract I confirm to him & his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Entirely hereby Revoking him from any other share Rent or personal Estate. The Divisions of which to the Rest of my children or grand children followeth in the following order as by me determined and Appointed. Impimis. I give my son Henery the Tract of Land I hold by Deed on smith's creek adjoining the County Line of Augusta having none between it but only that Part of the said Tract which belongs to Jacob Hodge which I hold by deed from Samuel Newman containing one hundred and five Acres which I give to my son Henery Selzar and his heirs and Assigns forever and I Appoint that my son Henery shall have no further claim in any of my lands and he is hereby Exempted from any further claim there of And I do further Order that my tract of Land on the River on the East side thereof that it be sold by my Executors to pay my debts instead of my moveable estate and as my said Executors is hereby empowered to sell the same and make good Deed for it to the Buyer and his heirs and Assigns for ever yet at the sale
therof shall make return of the full price so sold for in theInventory that
it may be Accounted for if any Remains should be of its price in the Divisions to be made Amongst my children. Impimis. I give my daughter Barbara all my Tract of Land lying in Augusta County on the south River Shenando and to her Heirs & Assigns forever And further the Home or old Messanutting plantation. I give and dispose of in the following Manner that is to say I give my son John Celzar the upper place or part thereof my son Matthias Selzer the Second or Middle Division. And my Daughter Mary the Lower division yet each Division to be Valued and them that hath the Better to make out in Money to them that hath the Worst According as the places shall be Valued and Each of the said children so complying shall Enjoy their Respective places as above Described with Each fifteen Acres of Meadow land out of my Meadow Tract To be divided to them to be and remain to them and their Heirs and Assigns for Ever and my Daughter Elizabeth shall have that Tract of Land on Messanutting Creek and the Remainder of the Meadow Tract that shall be left after the three above described Divisions which shall be hers and her Heirs and Assigns for Ever And I further order and Determine that my said children in possession as before Mentioned should happen to Die without Issue that then his or her part thereof shall Return and suffer Equal Division among the surviving or living children in the Aforesaid shares my sons Lewis and Henery Excepted and they shall not Disturb their Mother in Law as before Mentioned and as Touching my Moveable Estate I give and Dispose in the following Manner I do order all my Moveables and Slaves to be Valued and the price of all to suffer Equal Division among all my children save only my Eldest son Lewis Celzar and in his stead George Celzar his son shall Inherit his share Equal with the Rest of my children and further if my Daughter Christianna shall choose for her part a Negro girl She shall have her Having still strict Regard To the Valuation and Divisions abovesaid and not otherwise. And further I give my wife one good saddle and Beast one good saddle one good Bed & Bedding more than her Equal share with my children in their Moveables before the divisions abovesaid are Made And I further order that my grandson William Phillips the son of my daughter that is disceased what was the wife of William Phillips I give it an Hundred pounds to be paid out of my Estate by my children when the youngest of them and the said William Phillips is come to age but if he should happen to die before he comes to age or without Issue then he shall not Recover but the Money shall Remain in the Hands of the Heirs above Named in equal Division. I further order that my wife shall have two cows and calves besides What is before Mentioned for her when my Negroes are appraised she shall have her choice to take one of them at the praisment in choice of them or take her part in Money at her discretion and as my son Lewis Celzar hath had his share before I now give and bequeath unto him one shilling only sterling Money of Great Britain to be paid him by my Executors and no More. And lastly I do Appoint my well beloved wife Rhenemia Celzar and my Trusty friend Henery Ailer of Culpeper County and Colony of Virginia and my beloved friend Martin Coughman of Frederick County & colony aforesaid My sole executors of this my last Will & Testament and joint gardiens over my Children to see them justly dealt with as my will directs and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all and Every other and former Testaments Wills Legatees & Executors by me in any ways before this Named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my only last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal the Day and year first Mentioned in the beginning.

Signed Sealed Published pronounced & Declared by the said Matthias Celzar
as his Last Will & Testament in the presence of

Samuel Newman
Jacob Strickler
Caspar Hoop
James McDonald
Lennora Louflra Moetthues Selzer (seal)

(signed in German)

? Court held for Frederick County November 1, 1763.

This Will of Matthias Selzer deceased was proved in open Court by the oaths of Samuel Newman, Jacob Strickler & Casper Hoop Witnesses therto And Henry Ayley & Ruamia Selzer two of the Executors therein Named having complyed with the Law Certificates is granted them and Same Admitted to Record.
By the Court.

Jas Keith CC

[NI0684] Deacon was spelled Dickens on marriage bond after Nancy married Andrew Bogan>

[NI0706] Died from heart attack while on vacation. He died in bed while asleep, at his Sisters house in Portales, New Mexico.
Buried at Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, California. He is buried with his Son, Robert Dale Hamilton, immediately to his left, and his wife, Elizabeth Constantine Hamilton to Robert's left.

[NI0707] Bob died from severe burns in an automobile accident, caused by a drunk driver.
Drunk drivers name is Kenneth Gene Murphy.
Died in Long Beach Memorial Hosp, Long Beach, CA. 16 hours after the accident.
Is buried between his Father David Hamilton, and his Mother Elizabeth Constantine Hamilton, at Rose Hills Cemetery, Whittier, CA.
Was 16 years, 11 months old when he was killed.
Bob was born at Bellwood General Hospital, Bellflower, CA

[NI0713] Married Mathew Elijah Orr April 02, 1863, in the Methodist Church, Scircleville, Indiana. They both belonged to that church, and also the Methodist Church in Cortez, Colorado. Is buried in the Cortez, Colorado Cemetery, along with her husband, Mathew Elijah, her Sister, Hattie, and Hattie's husband, George Bowman.

[NI0714] According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document dated April 9, 1915, Dora was 50 years old and living in Glendale, Arizona.

[NI0715] Elizabeth Constantine's Aunt Lucies Mother.
According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document dated April 9, 1915, Aunt Hattie was 46 years old and living in Lake City, Colorado.

[NI0716] According to Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Document dated April 9, 1915, Aunt Addie was 44 years old, and living in Dolores, Colorado.

[NI0718] Both George and his wife, Addie died within a very short period of time, and a double funeral was held. Buried in Cortez, Colorado Cemetery.

[NI0726] Enlisted in Co. H, 86th Regiment, Indiana Inf. August 15, 1862 at Michigantown or Burgett Corner, Indiana. Wounded and captured Dec. 31, 1862 at Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN. Confined at Richmond, VA, Paroled at City Point, VA 1/27/1863, Sent to Indianapolis from C.C.O.(?), Separated at Camp Parrington, IN 3/27/1863, Discharged July 14, 1863.
Married Elizabeth Jane Scircle April 02, 1863 in Methodist Church, Scirclesville, Indiana. Belonged to Methodist Church in Scirclesville, and Cortez, Colorado.
Had a Homestead somewhere to the South of Cortez, Colorado. Sold it to a Dr. ?
Is buried in Cortez, Colorado Cemetery.
According to "War of 1861-Declaration for Invalid Army Pension", dated May 1, 1880, Mathew E. Orr said that he was 37 years old, and a resident of Girard, Crawford County, Kansas. "declares that he is the identical Mathew E. Orr who enlisted in the service of the United States at Burgetts Corner, Indiana on the 14th day of August, 1862 as a Private in Co. H, Commanded by Captain C. P. Rodman, in the 86th Regiment, Indiana Vols. and was discharged at Indianapolis July 14, 1863 from hardship and exposure contracted diarrhea and piles which still continue and disable him from manual labor for which he prays a pension. He is now drawing a pension on pension certificate No. 29,724 at the rate of $8.00 per month for gunshot wound in right forearm".
Mathew's neighbor, Willian M. Burget, Born June 28, 1844, who lived just to the N/E of the Orr's, and whose parents were obviously good friends, enlisted in the same unit as Mathew E. Orr, except he enlisted a day earlier.

[NI0746] not in home as per 1870 Indiana Census.

[NI0803] Botetourt County, Virginia - Will Book D, Page 210
Will of William Wallace, farmer of Botetourt County
written: 5 January 1826; recorded: February Court 1825
" I leave & bequeth to my sister Lenney Wallace all my lands and all my living both out of the house & in the house during her natural life with some Exceptions to make use of as judged most necessary for the benefit of herself & my children that the may be schooled as much as oportunity possibly will afford and at the Death of my sister Lenney Wallace I allow all my lands to be Equally dividedamongst my three sons, David, William, & James and the moveable property to be Equally divided in five parts amongst my five Children Except two beds with bedding I allow my two Daughters Sally & Polly with what ever improvements the can make with what they have among their hands while their aunt is with them, I allow my saddle and gun to my son David to make use of from the presenttime as if judged most necessary, I appoint my sister Lenney Wallace and my son David Wallace to be Executrix & Executor of this my last will and testament Disallowing of all others from this back."

William Wallace

Witness present
John Bogan
James Wallace
Andrew Bogan Senior

[NI0841] HARTZELL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE BOOK

1. Jacob Hirzel, b. @ 1580, baptized in Fehraltorf on Feb..
14, 1581, a. before 1634 probably in Balm, Pfaffikon, Canton
of Zurich, Switzerland. Lived Pfaffikon, Switzerland.
Married Aug. 2, 1601 in Pfaffikon to Madalen Keller from
Altdorf. Also had 6 brothers and sisters: George, Hans,
Hans Rudolph, Margreth, Verena, and Barbel. Children:
1. Jacob, baptized Jan. 25, 1603, d. @ 1603-44
2. Hans Jacob, baptized May 20, 1604
3. Anna, baptized Dec. 1, 1605
4. Hans, baptized March 24, 1607
5. Hans Heinrich, baptized Jan. 8, 1609
6. Barbel, baptized March 13, 1611
7. Marz, baptized Nov. 24, 1611
8. Felix, baptized July 31, 1614
9. Urseli, baptized April 21, 1617
10. Hans Heinrich Hirtzel, b. Pfaffikon, baptized Feb. 28,
1619, d. June 23, 1663 Reihen, Germany. Married Jan.
12, 1646/9 Lusslingen, Canton, Solothurn, Switzerland
Maria Steiner from Batterckingen. Migrated to
Reihen, Germany between 1652 and 1654. Children:
1. Catharina (Katherina), baptized March 5, 1648
Pfaffikon, d. Oct. 6, 1678 Kirchardt, Palatinate,
Germany. Married Jan. 23, 1672 in Reihen
Palatinate, Germany to Johann Lofenius Sirckle, b.
1646 Hamback Solms, Braunre Co., Germany (son of Conrad
Zirckle), d. after 1686 Babstadt, Switzerland.
2. Verena, baptized July 14, 1650 Pfaffikon
3. Hans Heinrich, baptized April 6, 1653 Pfaffikon, d. March 15, 1716. Married Margaretha Rudi
4. Anna Chistina, baptized May 29, 1654 Reihen. Married Georg Peter Knecht
5. Maria Barbara, b. Dec. 28, 1656 Reihen
6. Clemens Hirtzel, b. Feb. 20, 1659 Reihen, d. March
25, 1707 Reihen. Married Nov. 23, 1680 Reihen to
Maria Sinter (Anna Margaret?), b. March 20, 1664
Reihen, d. Nov. 13, 1738 Reihen (dau. of Hans Sinter
and Margaretha Nayer). Children
1. Hans Heinrich, b. Sept. 25, 1681. Married Anna Barbara Omberger. Emigrated to PA on ship "Pink Plaisance" Sept. 21, 1732
2. Hans Georg Hertzel, b. May 30, 1686 Reihen, d. after 1747 Northampton Co., PA. Married Anna Margretha Conrad. Both prob. buried near their residence in Lower Sauson Twp., Northampton Co., PA. Emigrated on the ship "William and Mary" with brother, Ulrich, Sept. 18, 1727 Philadelphia, PA. Migrated to Bethlehem, PA. Took Oath of Allegiance:
Sept. 25, 26, and 27, 1740. Children
1. Hans George Jr., b. July 7/8, 1714 Reihen, d. Jan. 21, 1762 drowned at Easton, PA. By 1737 (about 1735/36) married to Catharine Schmetzer,
b. March 3, 1713, d. Sept. 207 1796 Lower Saucon,
PA. Buried in Lower Saucon Reformed Church Cemetery, Easton Rd., Hellertown, PA. Took the sacrament in 1740, and became a citizen.
1. Magdalena, b. Aug. 26, 1737, d. Jan. 8,
1817, m. Johan Jacob Gross
2. Anna Christina (Eva)7 b. Jan. 28, 1739,
m. Mathias Konig (King)
3. John, b. Sept. 19, 1741, d. 1777, m. Barbara Hittel
4. Anna Maria Margaretha, b. April 27, 1743, d. by Dec. 1819, m. @ 1765 Johann Philip Stufer
5. Fredrich, b. April 2, 1745
6. Johann Adam, b. April 24, 1747, d. Jan.
1824, m. Anna Maria Clara Schlauch
7. Johann George, b. Feb. 8, 1749, d. Nov.
3, 1824. Married @ 1768 Hannah Philitz (Felicia) Kreiling, dau. of Edward and Sabina Kreiling. Lived Bethlehem, PA, moved to Adams Co., PA. Was honorably discharged from the Continental Army, Sept. 15, 1781 after serving in Capt. John Santee's Company, 2nd Battalion of the Militia of Northampton Co. as 2nd class soldier. Hannah d. Feb. 1830, age 78 and is buried at Bender's Church near her husband. Children:
1. Christina, b. July 11, 1769
2. Matthew, b. July 31, 1770
3. John George Hartzell, b. Dec. 31, 1771,
d. Dec. 12, 1838, ·m. Mary Brehm (more information in book file)
4. John Philip, b. Dec. 31, 1771 (twin),
m. Elizabeth (Betsy)
5. Catherine, b. May 8, 1775, m. Henry Bream (Also known as Jacob Brehm)
6. Leonard, b. Sept. 6, 1776, m. Sarah
7. Sarah, b. March 10, 1778, m. Henry Slaybaugh (Schlebach)
8. John, b. July 1, 1779, m. Mary Rowe
9. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1780, m. William Meals
10. Hannah, b. Jan. 3, 1783, m. Philip Long
11. Jacob, b. Oct. 21, 1784, m. ? Peters
12. Susanna, b. May 21, 1786, m. Henry Koser
13. Mary (Anna Maria), b. Oct. 1, 1787, m. Jacob Bentzel or Bensel
14. Henry (Johann Heinrich), b. Aug. 31,
1789
15. Barbara, m. George Weaver
8. Susanna Catharina, b. Jan. iS, 1751, m. @ 1768 George Thurheimerr
?. Nathan, purchased land in Luzerne Co., PA, near Wilkes-Barre (oldest?)
?. Mary Maqdeline Hartzell (2nd youngest?)
2. Hans Jacob, baptized Feb. 16, 1716 Reihen, d. Feb. 1, 1781
3. Anna Margretha, baptized Feb. 17, 1719 Reihen, d. after/in 1781
4. Johann Dietrich, baptized Aug. 31, 1722 Reihen, a. by Nov. 16, 1779, m. Catherina
5. Johann Leonard, baptized Aug. 31, 1722 Reihen,
d. 1779, m. April 6, 1747 Anna Maria Frantz
3. Maria Esther, b. May 9, 1688
4. Christoph, b. early Nov. 1690, m. Maria Magdalina Duringer
5. Hans Jonas, b. July 1, 1694, d. Dec. 1, 1714 Reihen
6. Anna Christina, b. Feb. 3, 1697, d. Oct. 19, 1714 Reihen
7. Maria Margretha, b. Dec. 27, 1699, d. Aug. 28,
1702 Reihen
8. Johann Jacob, b. Dec. 27, 1699 (twin), d. May 1,
1708 Reihen
9. Anna Margretha, b. Sept. 24, 1702
10. Hans Ulrich, b. Aug. 21, 1705, d. 1771 Montgomery
Co., PA. Emigrated with brother, Hans Georq Sr.
Married Margaret ?. Had 5 sons and 2 daughters.
(Listed in seperate file)
11. Elsbet, baptized July 1, 1621, youngest child of Jacob Hirzel and Madalen Keller.

[NI0843] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, July 14, 1650.

[NI0845] Baptism: Reihen, Germany, May 29, 1654.

[NI0852] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, January 25, 1603

[NI0853] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, May 20, 1604

[NI0854] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, December 1, 1605

[NI0856] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, March 13, 1611

[NI0857] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, November 24, 1611

[NI0858] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, July 31, 1614

[NI0859] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, April 21, 1617.

[NI0986] On 2 June 1699 Thomas Gregg Jr. deeded his brother James Gregg a
portion of the 795 acres between branches of the Occoquan River and
Neabsco Run patented to him 14 April 1698. On 4 November 1707, 240
acres was patented to James Gregg on the north side of the Occoquan
River next to the land acquired through his marriage to Jane Owsley.
On 24 May 1717, he also received a patent for 600 acres on the south
side of Potomac Creek. This land in Stafford County was where he and
his family lived.

[NI0989] Thomas Owsley is first mentioned in the will of his maternal grandfather,
William Harris, written on 24 March 1697, The will itself has not
survived, but its contents, at least in part, are disclosed in a deed
resulting from the partition of land among two great-grandchildren of
William Harris.

This deed, dated 29 March 1741, devised all remaining land in possession
of William Harris at the time of his death and in accordance with his
will, equally to his grand-daughters Jane and Ann Owsley and their heirs,
and in the absence of heirs to his other granddaughter Mary Owsley and
her heirs, and again in the absence of heirs, to his grandson Thomas
Owsley and his heirs, Thomas never came into Possession of any of this
land as his sisters married and passed their inheritance on to their own
heirs.

In 1723, Thomas (II) breaks the bonds of obscurity. On 10 June 1723, he
signs his name to a deed, witnessing the transfer of 322 1/2 acres of
land in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County land from John and Frances
Mayfield
of St, Ann Parish, Essex County to Samuel Smith also of St. Ann Parish.
That
same year, 1723, the Quit Rent Roll for Stafford County recorded Thomas
being in possession of 600 acres.

On 3 April 1724, the Proprietor's Office issued a warrant to John Wheeler
and Thomas Howeley for a tract of land encompassing 586 acres in Stafford
County. The land was surveyed on 10 April 1724 and on the following 5th
of August, the following grant was made:

THE RIGHT HON. THOS. LORD FAIRFAX of Leeds Castle, in the County of
Kent & Baron of Cameron In Scotland & Wa. Cage of Nilgate In the Parish
of Heardstead In the Said County of Kent Esqr. Devisee In ____ and Sole
Exeor. of the last Will and Testament of the Right Honorable Catherine
Lady Fairfax Deod, proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia To all to
whom this present writing shall come send Greeting in our Lord God Ever
lasting. Whereas John Wheeler of Stafford County Upon his Suggestion of a
Certain quantity Of land belonging to us In the Said County Did on the
third day of April last Obtain a Warrant for laying out the Same and
having returned said survey thereof Under the hand of Mr. John Savage,
Surveyor, dated the Sixteenth Day of April 1 Last, the said John Wheeler
moving for Our deed In his own name and the Name of Thomas Howsely Of the
County of Stafford
Aforesaid Know Tee therefore that Wee the Said proprietors for and In
Consideration of the Composition to Us paid and the Annual Rent hereafter
Reserved Have granted made Over and Confirmed and by these presents do
grant make Over and Confirm Unto the Said John Wheeler and Thomas
Howsely five hundred Eighty Six Acres and five Roods of Land Seituate
Lying and being In the Said County Bounded According to the Said Survey
as followeth. Begining at five Beech trees Standing at the mouth of a
Branch on the North Side of Flatt Run and About two miles above the land
Capt George Eskridge Extending thence South forty three degs. East five
hundred Seventy po: to a large poison Field, Thence North fifty five
degrees, East one hundred and Sixty po; through the Said poison field to
a white Oak Standing about twelve po: from a branch of the Aforesaid Run,
and about Sixty po: from the branches of Dificult Run, Thence North fifty
two degrees, East Three hundred and forty po; to A white Oak Standing
about five po: on the Side of the Said Run, thence down the Seyl. Cources
and Heanders of the Said Run--which reduced Into a Right Line is West
four hundred & Sixty po: to a white Oak on the Run Side, Thence South
fifty five degrees, West
one hundred and Sixty po: to the first Station, Together with all Rights
Nembers and Appurtenances to thereunto belonging Royal Mines Excepted and
a full third part of all Lead, Copper, Tin, Coals, Iron Mines and Iron
Oar that shall be found thereon. To have and to hold the said five
hundred Eighty Six Acres and two Roods of land, Together with all Eights
profitts and Benefitts to the Same belonging or in any wise appertaining
Except before Excepted to them the Said John Wheeler & Thos. Howsely
their heirs and Assigns forever, they the said John Wheeler and Thomas
Howeely their heirs and assigns therefore Yielding and paying to Us our
heirs and Assigns Or to the Certain Attorney or Attorneys, Agent or
Agents, of Us the Said proprietors or to the Certain Attorney or
Attorneys of our heirs and Assigns proprietors of the said Northern Neck
Yearly and Every Tear on the feast of Saint Michacil His Archangle the
___ Rent of one Shilling Sterling money for Every fifty acres of land
hereby granted and So proportionably for a greater or Lessor quantity
provided That if the Said Jno. Wheeler and Thomas Howeely their heirs and
Assigns Shall not pay the before Reserved Annuall Rent So that the Same
or any part thereof be behind or unpaid by the Space of two whole Years
after the Same Shall become due if lawfully
demanded that then it shall & may be Lawfull for Us our heirs or Assigns
proprietors as A Aforesaid Our or their Certain Attorney or Attorneys,
Agent or Agents Into the Above granted premises to reenter and hold the
Same so as if this grant had never passd Given at our Office in Lancaster
County within our Law proprietory Under our Seal Witness our Agent and
Attorney folly Authorized thereto Dated the fifth day of August In the
Eleventh Year of the Reigne of Our Sovereigne Lord George of Great
Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & cc, Anno Dominy
1724 Jno. Wheelers & Thos. Howsely deed for 586 Acres and two roads of
Land In Stafford County
Although this has not been established conclusively, John Wheeler is
likely to have been Thomas Owsley's Step-father, as it is known that his
mother, in later years, is referred to as Mrs. Anne Wheeler, Hereafter,
Thomas Owsley appears more independent, now actively engaged in the
purchase and sale of land. The land records for this period are the only
court documents known to have survived for Stafford County. On 14
February 1727, Thomas Owsley of Overwharton Parish, planter, for the
price of 2500 pounds of tobacco and caske, purchased 200 acres of land
from Robert Hedges, The land was located along the Accotink Run, the
breadth of 100 acres along both sides, between the 150 acre patent of
his father and a 300 acre tract once owned by Major John West and
devised to his grandson, Hugh West, In 1743 this land comprised a part
of the extensive Belvoir estate of William Fairfax.
On 28 April 1728, Thomas posted bond to James Whaley of Westmoreland
County in the sum of lOO poumds sterling to ensure that he would
execute a deed transferring ownership of a 250 acre tract of land on
the south side of Accotinck Run in Stafford County. This land was a
part of the larger 600 acre Patent issued to his father in 1696. On 12
June 1728, by deeds of lease and release, Thomas Owsley then sold this
land to James Whaley for 8000 pounds of tobacco.
On 10 May 1729, a warrant was issued to Thomas for 266 acres on the
south run of the Pohick. Godfrey. He never occupied the land and
assigned this tract to William Godfrey
On 30 May 1729, a warrant was issued to Thomas for a tract of 960
acres in Stafford County on the branches of Goose Creek adjoining the
land of Robert Carter above the falls of the Potomac. The land was
surveyed on 18 November 1729 and granted to Thomas on 3 March 1730.
On 5 May 1730, Owsley bought 108 acres from Joseph Jones. This land
was located an both sides of the Southern Run of Pohick and adjacent
to the tract that he had assigned to William Godfrey the previous year.
On 17 July 1722 he sold this land to Edward Barry, Yeoman, for 30 pounds
sterling .

About this time Thomas Owsley married. His bride Ann. Within a year or
two or their marriage, Ann bore her husband a son and namesake, Thomas.
His birth was to be followed by at least nine more children.

On 20 January 1731, Thomas of Hamilton Parish, Prince William county,
sold the 150 acre grant, on the north side of Accotinck Run, that had
been granted to his father in 1694, to Alexander McCarthy. He also
sold McCarthy the 200 acres he had purchased from Robert Hedges in
1727. On 17 May 1732, Thomas acknowledged this deed and his wife,
reqlinquished her right of dowery.
On 22 November 1733, Thomas sold his 960 acre tract on Goose Creek
(acquired in 1729) to John Kercer of Stafford County, gentleman, for L
30. 2
Beginning on 28 February 1739, Thomas first served as a Pilot for a
survey of property for Jeremiah Brenaugh. Because of a Pilot's usual
familiarity with local landmarks, Thomas guided the surveyor to the
area where the survey was to be conducted. He did so again on seven
more occasions, until 30 October 1741. in addition, he served as a
chain carrier on three occasions.
This latter duty was one generally assigned only to persons of honesty
and trust to ensure the tract to be surveyed were measured accurately.
On 17 July 1739, Thomas and Ann, and Ann Theeler, all of Prince
William County, sold the remaining 400 acres of the grant that Thomas
had received in 1696. This land, situated in Hamilton Parish, Prince
William County was sold to William Aylett for L 130.
On 14 May 1740, Thomas obtained a grant for 1449 acres in Prince
William County on both sides of Little River, a branch of Goose Creek.
On 25 August 1740, he leased 711 acres to Valentine Peyton for 5
shillings and the following day sold this tract by deed of
release for L 70.
On 21 October 1741, Thomas leased a 100 acre tract in Prince William
County to James Jeffery for the price of 400 pounds of "sound
merchantable leaf tobacco" to be paid annually. Providing the rent was
paid, the Jeffery family was to hold the land through the lifetimes of
James Jeffery, his wife Jane and their son, James Jeffery Jr.
On 3 April 1745, by deeds of lease and release, Reverend Charles Green
of
ruro Parish sold Thomas a tract of 287 acres on the North side of
Goose Creek for 500 shillings (lease) and L 27 (release).
On 15 April 1745, Thomas and Ann, sold the 738 acre balance of land
remaining from his last grant (of 14 May 1740) to John Mercer for the
sum of five shillings Sterling
On 9 February 1746, by deeds of lease and release, Thomas Mall sold a
tract of land on the south side of Little River to Thomas for five
shillings and 3000 pounds of tobacco.
On 30 March 1750, Thomas wrote his last will and testament. Unlike
most of the wills written during this time, his was very brief;
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS OWSLEY (II)
In the name of God, amen. I, Thomas Owsley, of Fairfax county, being
sick and weak of body but of perfect manory, do ordain and appoint this to
be my last will and Testament in manor and form following. Imprimis, I
give
and bequeath unto my son Thomas one Hundred and eighty acres of Land
where he now lives, to him and his heirs forever. Item; I give and
bequeath
unto my son John the remainder of the tract adjoining to my son Thomas,
being one Hundred acres, to him and his Heirs forever, the land to be laid
out across the Tract Item: I give and bequeath the Land where I now live
to be equally divided between my sons William and Newigate, to them, and
their Heirs forever.
Lastly I give and bequeath all the rest of my estate to he equally Divided
between my heirs named, viz. -John, William, Nudigate, Sarah, Points.
Ann. Elizabeth, Jane, and Welding. So trust in the mercy of God. through
Jesus
Christ, to receive my soul. I leave my Body to be buried at the
Discretion of
my loving wife and my Brother-in-law Hugh West, whom I leave Executors
of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th Day of
March,
1751.
Thomas Owsley (Seal)
mark
Testis:
Elisha Hall
his
George Q. Roberts
mark
David Davis
Within three months Thomas Owsley passed away. His age could hardly
have been any greater than 55 years, but still quite respectable for
the time. The first indication of his death occured on 4 July 1750.
The brief entry in the
record book reads: "The Action of Debt by James Stopto and Elizabeth
his wife Riecutrix of William Aylot decd against Thomas Owsley Abates
by the Defendant's death."
The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Owsley deceased was presented
into Court and proved by the Oath of David Davis one of the Witnesses
thereto and Ordered to be certified and that Thomas Owsley the Heir at
Law of the deceased he summoned to the next Court to contest the proof
of the said will if to him it seem expedient."

[NI1007] Could be spelled Rees.

[NI1010] Could also be spelled McCormic.

[NI1011] According to Rosella (Cooper) Waddell, the Culbertsons moved to Iowa.

[NI1014] What became of Solomon and Joshua? I know Solomon married Rachel Adams
in Harrison Co., Kentucky in 1800. Where was he between 1768 and 1800?
Debbie gave me a clue with this: "Liberty Herald" August 7, 1861 - "A
few days ago, Solomon Sering, aged 104 years old, died in Liberty, Union
County, Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania. Prisoner of Indians at 10 years
for 7 years. Served in the Army with Wayne." He was not born in
Pennsylvania - rather Morristown, New Jersey. And he was still in
Morristown when he was ten. And as for serving in the Army with (Mad
Anthony) Wayne? The information given to the newspaper was second-hand
from a grieving daughter or son or an acquaintance- who knows- and
obviously inaccurate - to a point. But it leaves tantalizing clues!

General Anthony Wayne served during the Revolutionary War and the Indian
War for the Old Northwest Territory in 1792-1795. So Solomon probably
served in the Revolutionary War, but I'm certain he served in the Indian
War for the Northwest Territory - maybe taken prisoner. Broderbund, the
creator of Family Tree Maker, has a CD-ROM #146 titled "Military
Records: U.S. Soldiers 1784-1811". Solomon's name is on it. I've
searched for a look-up but no one listed has a copy of that CD-ROM.

Information From John Sering

[NI1023] Nancy Gregg had ten children, only five survived her: Rev. Mrs. M (Mary Jane) Johnson, Rev. F.M. Cones, Rev. Mrs. W.P. (Anna) McKinsey, J.T.Cones, Mrs. George I Neptune. From obituary of Nancy Cones, newspaper unknown, orginal in possession of Joan C. Bohm

[NI1028] Living in Honey Creek Twp. , Howard County, Indiana as per 1860 Indiana Census.

[NI1029] JACOB NICELY'S WILL

Will book 1 page 318

In the name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Nicely of the county of Alleghany
and state of Virginia, do hereby make and ordain this writing to be my
last will and testament, in manner and form hereafter mentioned. To Wit:
I do hereby direct that the executors of this my last will, to be
hereafter named, shall pay off all my just debts, my funeral expenses
first. I give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth all the personal
property of every kind, that she brought with her, when I married her,
and in addition to that, I give her one good cow out of my flock, to
have her choice, two breeding sows, her choice and also the first colt
that may be produced out of my big mare June-and ten sheep, her choice,
and my lave, and one acorn bed stead, to have and to hold this same , to
her and her heirs forever. And I also give her the use of the loom
during her life, or so long as she may remain on the premises she now
occupies. And whereas at the time I traded the land on the Simpsons
Creek with Jordan & Irvine for the plantation on which I now dwell, to
effect that exchange, I then and then agreed with my wife Elizabeth, to
give her one hundred acres of land off the lower end of my plantation,
to her and her heirs forever, as a full compensation for her one third
part in my estate; which one hundred acres of land so agreed on, I have
conveyed to her and her heirs in fee simple forever, and which it is my
intention shall be in full of her third part in my landed estate. I
also give to her during her life or so long as she may choose to occupy
it, the use of my dwelling house, with one acre of ground attached
thereto for a garden and yard, to enjoy the use of the same during her
natural life, or so long as she may occupy it but with the
understanding, that she is not at liberty to rent it out so as to be
occupied by others. I also give her during her life under the same
restriction the orchard field including a stable that is thereon
supposed to contain about four acres. I also give her the use of my
springs, and spring house during her life, under the same restrictions
and also a sufficiency of fire wood during her life, but no rail timber.
I do hereby direct my executors to be hereafter named as soon as it may
be convenient after my decease, to make sale of all my personal estate
and property of every kind, on such time and terms as may best promote
the interest of the legatees to be hereafter named. And out of the
proceeds of such sale, to pay my sons, George Nicely, Michael Nicely,
Jacob Nicely, James Brads and Barbara his wife and John Nicely the sum
of one hundred dollars each, To Charles Armountrout and Elizabeth his
wife the sum of fifty dollars. To Leonard Hart and his wife, Mary
twenty dollars. To Henry Nicely and Anne his wife, thirty dollars. To
Jacob Nicely who married my Granddaughter Elizabeth Armountrout the sum
of fifty dollars. To George Hart my grandson who married Caroline Lowry
the sum of eighty dollars. To John Circle ten dollars. To my grand
child the offspring of John Circle and my daughter Rebecca, if living at
the time of my death thirty dollars. It is my humbly intention that my
just debts, shall first be paid, and then the above legacies, and if my
personal property is not sufficient to pay off the above legacies it is
my will and intention, that my plantation shall be rented out from year
to year, during the lifetime of my wife, to raise funds to meet the
payment of the above legacies, and should the rents during the said time
amount to more than will pay off the above legacies, its then my
intention that the proceeds shall be divided between the above legatees
agreeable to the above order of things. After the decease of my wife, I
do hereby direct my executors to sell my plantation for the best price
that can be had for the same, on such times as will best promote the
interest of the parties concerned, to be hereafter named, and after
deducting from the amount of the sale all legal charges for carrying the
same into effect, out of the neat proceeds to pay to the child of John
Circle and my daughter Rebecca, if alive at the time of my death, the
sum of thirty dollars, and the balance of the neat proceeds fo my
plantation is to be equally divided between Charles Armentrout and
Elizabeth his wife, Jacob Nicely , my grandson George Hart who married
Caroline Lowry, James Brads and Barbara his wife, Anne Nicely, wife of
Henry Nicely, Michael Nicely, George Nicely, and John Nicely, and
whereas it is my intention that my daughter Anne Nicely shall have the
whole benefit of the above legacy, It is my will and desire, that my
executors shall have power and authority in distributing this legacy.
To the end that my will and intention on this subject may be more
properly carried into effect, I do hereby vest power and authority in my
executors to act on this subject as to them may seem prudent and
discreet. And lastly I do hereby appoint my friends Col. John Jordan
and Hugh Irvine to be the executors of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused my seal to be
affixed this fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three.
Jacob Knicely
Done in present of
John Armstrong
Joseph Armstrong
Selina A Irvine

The will was presented for probate the May term, 1836

Items of interest that are filed with the Settlement # 72 of the estate
of Jacob Nicely

VIRGINIA
At rules held in the clerk's office of the Circuit Superior Court of Law
and Chancery for Alleghany County on Monday 7th day of May 1938
Jacob Nicely, George Nicely, John Nicely, and Michael Nicely
against

Charles Armentrout and Elizabeth, his wife, Elizabeth Nicely, widow and
relict of Jacob Nicely, deceased, James Bradds and Barbara his wife,
Henry Nicely and Ann his wife, Jacob Nicely, Jr., George Hart, John
Circle and Rebecca his wife and John Jordan , Executor of Jacob Nicely,
deceased.
Defendants
In Chancery
The defendants, Leonard Hart, and Mary his wife, George Hart, John
Circle and Rebecca his wife not having entered their appearance and
given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this
court, and it appearing by satisfactory evidence that they are not
inhabitants of this Commonwealth. It is ordered that the said
defendants do appear on the first day of September term next and answer
the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith
inserted in the Fincastle Democrat, a newspaper published in the town of
Fincastle for 2 months successively and posted at the front door of the
courthouse of the county.
A copy-Teste
Andrew Fudge clk.
May 18, 1838

September 1839
George Armentrout and John Hart are not brought before court. Henry
does not appear.

A scrap piece of paper had the following ;
Rebecca has died, left children who have an interest in the case

Henry Nicely who intermarried with Ann Nicely departed this life
previous to the bringing of this suit

George Adam and Caroline are children of John Circle.

There was a 4 page handwritten legal size response from Elizabeth
Nicely, widow to this case . Since it was 2 days before Christmas I was
not able to make a copy of it due to limited staffing at the
courthouse. I shall obtain a copy sometime next year.
But in Elizabeth's response she says;
she was married to Jacob for about 19 years, and Jacob was a afflected
with a rupture that rendered him unable to travel much about the
country so she not only had to attend to domestic business but also had
to attend to business from home and to supervise the business of the
farm.
She further states that Caroline Hart is her granddaughter, and
Caroline's husband is a grandson of Jacob. Elizabeth says that Caroline
lived with her and Jacob from the age of 7 until Caroline's marriage,
and that she, Elizabeth did not influence Jacob in remembering Caroline
in his will. Elizabeth says that her daughter, Margaret Miller also
lived with them, and that she received a milk cow.



On another paper inserted with this settlement
Anne Nicely gave George Nicely her interest in Jacob's estate for the
sum of $76. 1843 ,20 December.

Michael Nicely gave his interest to George C. Nicely for $150. 16
December 1842


The final degree was given in 1845

[NI1038] Debbie Engleking provided quite impressive information on the brothers,
Solomon and Samuel, but there's still a gap of ten years to be filled.
When their father died in 1768 Solomon was only 11-12 years of age and
Samuel was 10. Although their father named his "beloved wife, Younas"
(Eunice), and her brother, Josiah Broadwell, co-executors of his Will he
stipulated that she is to get "no more than the law allows" with the
remainder of his estate - personal and real - to be divided equally
among his three sons, Solomon, Samuel, and 6 year old Joshua. The three
daughters, Margaret, Ann, and Theodocia are to receive 10 pounds when
they reach the age of eighteen or are married.

Debbie states "In 1778, he (Samuel) married Sarah Mann, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah Mann at Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania when he
was but 20 and she, fourteen. Her father had come from Hempstead, (Long
Island - which happens to be the old Searing homestead) to Westmoreland
Co., Pennsylvania where he also enlisted in the Continental Army as a
private. So Samuel served on the Western Frontier during the
Revolutionary War. To Samuel and Sarah are born: Sarah, Samuel,
Margaret, John and Elizabeth in Pennsylvania. Daughter Theodotia is born
in 1789 at Limestone (Maysvillle), Mason Co., Kentucky while the family
is enroute to Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio to settle land purchased by
John Cleves Symmes - born in Hempstead and residing in Essex County, New
Jersey - and other New Jersey speculators. In Middletown, Butler Co.,
Ohio Daniel, Eunice, Nancy, Mary, and Jane Sering are born to Samuel and
Sarah.

Information from John Sering

[NI1047] Came to America before 1644, One of the Founders of Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

[NI1051] Of French or Flemish Protestant Descent.

[NI1120] SNODGRASS, JAMES

Surnames: GREGG, JONES, MCCAIN, SIMS, SNODGRASS, SPILLMAN, THOMAS, WALKER, YOUNG

Source: History of Boone County, Indiana, by Hon. L.M. Crist, 1914.

James Snodgrass

The student interested in the history of Boone county does not have to carry his investigations far into its annals before learning that James Snodgrass has long been an active and leading representative and that his labors have proven a potent force in making this a rich farming region. Through several decades he has carried on diversified farming and stock raising, gradually improving his land, and while he has prospered in this he has also found ample opportunity to assist in the material development of the county, and his co-operation has been of value for the general good. He is one of the honored veterans of the Union army who, when the tocsin of war sounded in the nation's greatest crisis, uncomplainingly went forth to defend with his life, if need be, the honor of the old flag. His career in every respect has been one of commendation and is well worth study and emulation.

Mr. Snodgrass was born January 24, 1835 in Hancock county, Indiana. He is a son of Robert and Rebecca (Gregg) Snodgrass, natives of Kentucky. The grandparents, John Snodgrass and wife, were natives of Virginia, from which state they removed to Hancock county, Indiana, as early as 1812, four years before the state was admitted into the Union and when it was still principally the home of red men. Here the elder Snodgrass entered land from the government on which he established the future home of the family. He was a man of courage and thrift and succeeded in the face of the great obstacles encountered by every frontiersman. John and Fannie (Spillman) Gregg, natives of Culpepper county, Virginia, came to Rush county, Indiana about 1814, and were thus also among the early pioneers of this state. Mr. Gregg was a soldier in the war of 1812. He finally removed to Hancock county, this state where he settled in woods and developed a farm. Here the parents of our subject were married and began life on a farm, but Robert Snodgrass was also a flour miller, and he traded extensively in land, which he bought and sold. He and his wife spent the latter parts of their lives in Clinton county. The father died August 5, 1876; the mother died in November, 1879.

James Snodgrass, of this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm, and he attended the subscription schools in Boone county, later in Mechanicsburg. He learned to read at Thorntown and after he reached man's estate he attended writing school and learned to write.

He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war, enlisting on August 22, 1861, in Company K, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and he served under General George H. Thomas in the army of the Cumberland, in Kentucky, later in the Mississippi army. He saw much hard service and proved to be an excellent soldier. Among the engagements in which he participated were those of Mill Springs, Perryville, siege of Corinth, Crab Orchard, Louisville, on the pursuit of Bragg, Tullahoma, Pigeon Mountain, Chickamauga, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain. At the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded below the right knee by a rifle ball on September 19, 1863, which resulted in his spending two months in a hospital in Nashville. Besides the above battles, he was in many skirmishes while with the army in Kentuck, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia. After his recovery from the wound he rejoined his regiment with which he remained until he was honorably discharged September 19, 1864, after which he returned home, his parents then living in Clinton county. Soon thereafter he began farming for himself on eighty acres which he had bought before going to war. He prospered by close application and hard work and added to his original holdings until he became owner of a valuable farm of two hundred and thirty-four acres which he sold in 1903 and bought two hundred and sixty acres of improved land in Marion township, later adding fifty acres, then purchased another tract of forty acres in Adams township, Hamilton county. He has improved from time to time his land which he has for some time kept rented, but which he oversees. He has always kept a good grade of live stock, and he has a splendid home, and now in his declining years he is taking life easy, having every necessary comfort.

Mr. Snodgrass was married April 27, 1865, to Clarissa McCain, who was born in Frankfort, Indiana, January 8, 1841. She is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Young) McCain, natives of Ohio, from which state they came to Frankfort, Indiana, in a very early day, making the trip overland and he conducted the first general merchandise store in Frankfort at that time.

The following children have been born to our subject and wife: William, born April 28, 1866, who lives with our subject, operates the home farm, and he formerly taught school twenty years; Ida May, born April 24, 1868, is the wife of Thomas Sims, of Indianapolis, and they have three boys--J. Verne, Max and James T.; Mary J., born July 16, 1870, is the widow of Elijah M. Walker, and she lives in Marion township and has five children--Ruth A., born August 18, 1896, Rena E., born August 4, 1899, Clara C., born August 25, 1902, Jas. W., born May 1, 1904, Ida Beatrice, born February 8, 1906; Frederick, born March 21, 1873, died when three years old; John McCain, born July 2, 1876, died in infancy; Fannie, born November 4, 1880, is the wife of Anderson Jones, of Delaware county, Indiana. They have two children--Dorothy May, born April 21, 1907, Alma L., born February 7, 1910.

Politically Mr. Snodgrass is a Democrat. He is a member of the William Smith Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Sheridan, Indiana. Religiously he is a member of the Christian church, in which he served two years as elder, and is an active member of the same, as also is his family.

[NI1137] Spelled as Mathews but could be spelled Mathis as was listed in 1860 Census. On deed of John Gregg Andrew was a witness and it was spelled "A. Matthes". In "A Sketch of My Life" wrtten by Elizabeth Gregg spells, she last name as Matthes. This is the spelling I have chosen to use.

Living in Honey Creek Twp. , Howard County, Indiana as per 1860 Indiana Census.

[NI1437] Viola died during child birth of infant son.

[NI1465] Twin to Ruby Cooper.

[NI1466] Twin to Pearl Cooper.

[NI1566] According to 1880 census of Clinton County, Kentucky either Ann or Amy.

[NI1568] Elizabeth could be Pulham, and that they were married on October 10, 1786. Another source said she was Elizabeth Cash to whom a Charles Carter was married in 1782. The date of this North Carolina marraigebond is October 15, 1782, and recites that Elizabeth was of the County of Wilkes. Wilkes County is near the North Carolina-Virginia border near present day Wythe County. Another source suggests that Elizabeth was born a Crockett, and was the half-sister to John Thomson Sayres, with whom George Carter set up a inn partnership.

[NI1583] Mary Calfee was the widow of William Calfee, a prominent resident of Wythe County, Virginia, whose will was probated in 1801

[NI1607] Buried in Fort Amanda, Ohio.

[NI1677] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, January 8, 1609.

[NI1678] James Ryan fought in the War of 1812. He was on the Roll of Captain Joseph C. Hawkins Company, Ohio Militia, and served 30 September 1813 to 29 March 1814. Note that his name is spelled James Rian. This genealogist has the War of 1812 Military Record and Pension Record for James Ryan.

James Ryan was born, raised, and married in Georgia. He followed his family to Preble County, Ohio where he lived until 1829.

The following entry comes from the "History of Preble County, Ohio"

"James Ryan settled near "Fostertown," and the Bogues, three brothers, Quakers, located west of Camden during the early year of the settlement, but removed by 1829."

We don't believe our Ryans were Quakers, but they did move with many Quaker families from Georgia to Ohio It seems likely this was written about our James. Camden is in Somers Township where James' brother Reuber is known to have lived. Fosterville, not Fostertown, on a current map is west of Camden in Somers, close to th, Gasper Town line. We know that James lived for a time in Gasper.

James served in the War of 1812 in the Roll of Captain Joseph C. Hawkins from September 30, 1813 to March 29, 1814, a total of 181 days. His rank was Private. He marched with the army under Major Lanier to Fort Meigs and other southern forts. James' son, Richard C. Ryan served in the Civil War, and his grandson, James F. Ryan, died while serving in the Civil War.

There is some question about James' age. His pension application in 1871 states that he was 79 years old then, making him born in 1792. The 1850 census clearly lists him as 68 years old, making him born in 1782. The 1860 census is difficult to read, but it could say 70 or 78. I've listed him as born in 1792 based on his pension application. On the same application, he claims to have been married in Columbia County, Georgia in 1809 or 1810.

It's been difficult to positively identify James' children. We are relatively certain about Richard, Frances, and Malinda, and confident about John. The evidence for William is mounting. He was born in Ohio, a strong clue, had a wife buried near James' wife in Tippecanoe County, and lived next door to James in 1860. Very nearby lived Leander Jacobs and Elizabeth Ryan and family.

[NI1689] Baptism: Pfaffikon, Switzerland, March 24, 1607

[NI1690] Emigrated to Pennsylvania on ship "Pink Plaisance" , September 21, 1732.

[NI1798] A portion of Butler County is ceded to Warren County in or about 1800 -
apparently the family's land was in that portion because - Samuel Sering
(1781-1851) marries Elizabeth Tharp, daughter of John and Hannah (Hurin)
Tharp, in 1802 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To them are born: Hannah
Hurin, Martha Nichols, Mary Patterson, John Chalmer, and Silas Hansin.
The family moves to Franklin County, Indiana - more precisely called the
"Gore"; a section of Ohio ceded to Indiana Territory - and in 1814
Theodotia is born followed by: Sarah Ann, Abner Smith, Thalia Tharp,
maybe Margaret Elizabeth (?), and Sarah Ruth.

[NI1800] Samuel's brother, John (1785-1845) left home in 1810 and went to
Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana. Debbie Engelking citing "Weekly Herald
24 Oct 1889": "Contemporary with Col. Paul (founder of Madison) was John
Sering, who came from Ohio to the site of Madison in 1810. He was a
native of Pennsylvania and one of the most progressive and enterprising
business men of his adopted town. Mr. Sering established the first store
in the village and for several years was one of the best known merchants
on the river. He was the first Treasurer of Jefferson Co. and served
continuously by appointment up to 1817. Upon the organization of the
Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank in 1816, Mr. Sering was chosen Cashier, and
filled that position for about four years. This was the first banking
institution established in the state, as at that time, Madison was the
most important and prosperous town in Indiana. Mr. Sering was also the
first Postmaster of Madison, the office being in a small frame building
near the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets, now the property of
Charles Gertz . . . Mr. Sering married Miss Ruth Grover, niece of Col.
Paul. He died at Logansport, Indiana October 24, 1845 while on a visit
to that town.

Information from John Sering.

[NI1823] On Marriage License it states: Oliva C. Hanna and Marie P. Sering.

[NI1961] Apphia Ball is a distant ancestor of the founders of the Ball Jar Company.

[NI1962] Richard Ryan was born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1756. The Ryans were well acquainted with a group of Quaker families who were members of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Cane Creek M M started in 1751. Several dozen families, including the Ryans, moved to Wrightsborough, Georgia about 1770. A major concern among those early Georgia residents was keeping their families safe from Indian attacks and keeping families safe as the Revolutionary War knocked on their doorstep. Richard enlisted in the army in the Spring of 1777, signing up in South Carolina. He served a full two years and is listed in the South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution under Captain Joseph Duncan. Richard's war papers tell us he was involved in the Siege of Savannah, the Florida Expedition, and several skimfishes with the Indians. After his tour of duty, he sometimes served in brief tours ranging from two to six weeks. Most probably involved battles against the Indians in Georgia. Richard's certificate for service was presented by the famous patriot and future Congressman Elijah Clarke.

In the spring of 1784, Richard, James, Joseph, and John Ryan were among the first to petition for bounty land in the newly formed Washington County, along the Oconee River frontier. We believe James is Richard's father. Though Joseph lived near Richard along Fishing Creek in the 1790s, we cannot connect his family to ours. We know nothing about John. The Oconee River land was fertile and included many streams, and was popular among settlers. Georgia's treaties for cession of lands were challenged by the chief of the Creek Indians, and through the late 1780s, high tensions, violent skirmishes, and the Oeonee War characterized the relationships between the Creeks and the Georgians. It is very likely Richard fought in these battles.

In the late 1780s, Richard settled in Wilkes County, where he lived until about the turn of the century. Among his friends and neighbors were Sanders Walker, a minister and probably a long time friend from the family's days in North Carolina. Rev. John Springer started a school in 1788 and in 1790 became the first ordained Presbyterian minister in the state of Georgia. Other friends and neighbors included John and William Kimbrough, Stephen Heard, Jeremiah Walker, and His Excellency James Jackson. Other neighbors included the Stubbs, Moores, Baldwins, and Mendenhalls. All of these families were neighbors in North Carolina, Georgia, and Prehie County, Ohio.

Richard moved to Preble County, Ohio with his family in 1808, about three years after many of the Wrightsborough Quakers lea Georgia for Ohio and Tennessee. On April 24, 1818 Preble land records show him receiving land from the government and his county of residence is listed as Butler County, Ohio. On November 10, 1827, he sold 263 acres in Preble County as he prepared for his 1828 move to Tippecanoe County, Indiana. In August 1829, Richard witnessed the sale as Reuben, his son, sold his remaining property in Preble before moving his family to Indiana.

The "Abstracts of the Revolutionary War Pension Files" page 2991 states:

"Richard Ryan, SC Line, S4175, soldier was born September 3, 1756 in Orange County, North Carolina and he lived in Columbia County, Georgia at enlistment and after the Revolution he lived in Georgia until 1808 then moved to Prehie County Ohio and in 1828 he moved to Tippecanoe County Indiana and in June 1832 he moved to Lawrence County Indiana where he applied 21 September 1833, soldier stated his son Richard Ryan Jr. had his family bible and also lived in Lawrence County Indiana and soldier stated his own brother Peter Ryan had kept their father's family bible, on February 10, 1837 soldier had moved to Williamson County Tennessee at which time soldier stated he had long since lost his wife and was living with a son who had moved to Tennessee."

In 1828, Richard and sons Reuben and Richard Junior seem to be part of the same household in Somers township. Records of 1829 show the same thing, but all are gone by 1830

The Revolutionary War abstract entry for Peter Ryan (assuming this was Richard's brother) says that he served in Maryland and applied in Sampson County, North Carolina on May 28, 1834, at age 76. That makes Peter born in 1758.

The two unknown females listed as children of Richard's, one born about 1805 the other about 1810, show up il his household in the 1820 census of Preble County. We don't really know fithey were Richard's children or nol Richard would~e been 49 in 1805 and 54 in 1810. These two girls could be children of a brother or a son. Additionally, it's possible Richard had another son named Martin. There is an 1813 marriage record in Preble County for Martin Ryan, who is probably the same Martin Ryan that served in the War of 1812 from Ohio.

Richard died in Williamson County, Tennessee. The county archives there have no records of deeds in Richard's name, nor is a will on file. His probate records are on file there. The inventory of his estate includes: I Note of hand John H. Holt for fffiy dollars due 25 D. 1839; Cash 33 dollars; 1 Bedstead bed and furniture; 1 rifle gun and shot pouch; 1 trunk of wearing apparel; I blanket coat; 2 hats; I frying pan and pole; 1 hand saw; I drawing knife; 1 auger; 1 weeding hoe; shaving utensils; I man's saddle; 1 blanket; 1 pair saddle bags; I pair spurs; 2 boots; I chamber pot; I bible.

A note written by the clerk (apparently) of Williamson County Court on the settlement of Richard's estate is very interesting:

"I have in this account allowed to the administrator for his services the balance of money in his hands after paying the debts of the estate, having nothing for distribution. My reasons for so doing are that said Richard Ryan, (being an old Revolutionary War soldier) was deserted by his children and left upon the hands of the administrator, who was at considerable trouble and expense in procuring a ? for ? and supporting, clothed, and attended upon the old man in his last illness which lasted nearly three months and I thought said balance but a fair compensation to the administrator as the account is very small."

At this point, we don't know what "abandoned" by his children means. We do know that three of Richard's son: (Reuben, James, and Dorsey) were living in Indiana at the time Richard moved to Tennessee. We don't know the whereabouts of his sons Burton or Richard Jr., though Junior moved to Williamson County in 1837.

Regarding Richard's parents, there is strong evidence that Richard's father was James Ryan. The strongest evidence is a 1776 store account in Wrightsborough in James' name, and Richard paid a balance on that account. Additionally, Richard and James applied for their Revolutionary War bounty in the same place on the same day, and we can tie James to Orange County, NC through his wife, Prudence. She was the daughter of Richard Moore, a prominent Quaker. Georgia land records show James and Prudence Ryan together, and a wil abstract lists Prudence Ryan as Richard Moore's daughter. A Moore family bible has a notation about James: "James Ryan, Clarke County, Revolutionary War soldier, wife Prudence." The Moore family was received on certificate to the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1757. Prudence is listed among those received. In 1759, the records show Prudence Moore was disowned, and in 1760 the records say that Prudence Ryan's paper of denial was published. This seems to indicate the Prudence, the daughter of a Quaker, was disowned by the Quakers for marrying James in 1759 or 1760. This means that either Prudence is not Richard's biological mother, that Richard incorrectly provided his birth date (he claimed he knew the date because of records in the family bible) when he applied for his pension, or Richard was born before Prudence and James were married. It is interesting to note that Richard could've been named after Richard Moore, Prudence's father, and that Richard named a son James, after his own father.

[NI1963] Reuben Ryan was born in Georgia and moved with his family to Preble County, Ohio in 1808. He was married to Anna Baldwin in 1810. In 1812, Reuben served for one month in the War of 1812. He was in the roll of Captain Jacob Bells and served as a sargent fron September 14 until October 14.

In 1819, when Reuben was 29 years old, he purchased some land with Lucas Baldwin. Lucas Baldwin was a relative of Reuben's wife Anna, probably a first cousin. The Baldwins appear to have moved from Georgia to Ohio at the same time as the Ryans.

Preble land records show they bought 160 acres on July 28, 1819. February 1827 land records seem to indicate that Lucas and Reuben switched parcels of land, because Reuben and Anna sold 60 acres to and bought 100 acres from Lucas and Hannah. In August of that year, Lucas sold those 60 acres to John Brown. In 1827, Reuben lived in Somers Township, Preble County, Ohio.

Reuben and Anna had an additional 25 acres that they sold that on May 3, 1829. On August 8, 1829, they sold the same 100 acres mentioned above and this probably marked the beginning of their journey to Indiana.

About five weeks later, on September 14, 1829, Reuben bought 177 acres in Clinton County Indiana. Reuben bought another 80 acres on April 12, 1830. When the 1830 census was taken, Reuben's son Lucas lived with him and son Richard was born. Richard was born in Indiana, which means he was born between September 1829 and the time of the census in 1830.

Census records show Reuben was a farmer and lived in Washington Township in Clinton County in 1840 and 1850. In 1860, a year before his death, Reuben, Anna, and their youngest child Richard (age 30 at this point) lived in Liberty Township, White County Indiana. Reuben died there in February 1861 and is buried in Clark/Layman Cemetery in Liberty Township.

There is some question about Reuben's age. The birth date listed in this document is based on his cemetery inscription. However, census records in 1850 and 1860, which list him as 53 and 63 years old, respectively, would place his birth year as 1787.

[NI1966] Anna Baldwin Ryan is buried in the Lanramie Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, just over the county line from where the Ryans lived in Clinton County.

Several Baldwin brothers moved from Georgia to Ohio about the same time as our family. A Baldwin family researcher, by process of elimination, believes Anna's father is Benjamin Baldwin. We have no confirmation.

[NI1967] Dorsey Ryan went with his brothers and father from Georgia to Preble County, Ohio, in 1808. While his brothers moved to Indiana in 1830, Dorsey appears to have remained in Ohio for a few years. In 1833, Dorsey bought land in Randolph County, Indiana adjacent to land owned by Jasper Jacobs. The Dorsey Ryan family is not found in the 1840 census, but in 1850 Catherine Ryan is listed with her mother Jane Ryan in Randolph County right next to the Jacobs family, which is also without a father.

[NI1968] Lucas B. Ryan was born in Preble County, Ohio in the spring of 1811. He probably moved with his parents to Clinton County, Indiana during August of 1829. On September 9, 1830, Lucas bought 80 acres in Clinton County near his father Reuben, and a James Ryan, who was probably Lucas' Uncle James. Lucas and James bought on the same day.

Lucas lived in Clinton County until he moved to White County, probably in 1849. He was a farmer. In the 1860 White County census, Lucas is listed as a farmer with real estate assets worth $2,000 and personal assets worth $200. He died in October 1860 and is buried in Liberty Township. Lucas' wife Nancy, daughter Amanda, and son Philip were living with George Ryan, Lucas' second born son, in 1870 in Prairie Township, White County.

Lucas died about three months before his father, Reuben. They are buried in Clark Layman Cemetery.

[NI2005] Died age 21 years, 5 Days.

[NI2017] Catherine Merrett was living in the home of Jerimiah Orr and Emily Merrett Orr in the 1860 Indiana Census. She was 65 years old.

[NI2019] Richard C. Ryan served three years in the Civil War in the 10th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry He mustered in on September 18, 1861 and was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky four days later. His unit spent more than a month pursuing General Braxton Bragg into Kentucky and, along with his nephew James, was involved in the fierce and bloody Battle of Perryville, Kentucky in early October. In just a couple days, 1,355 soldiers were killed, 5,486 were injured, and 764 were missing or captured.

From December 22, 1862 until January 2, 1863, the unit was involved in operations against the famous raider John Morgan and his men at Gallitin, Kentucky. Lewis W. Whitson was serving with Morgan at this time. Richard spent most of the next year in Tennessee, then battles in Georgia.

Veterens and recruits were transferred to the 58th Regiment on September 8, 1864, while old members, including Richard, were mustered out on September 19, 1864.

[NI2020] Richard Ryan, son of Reuben, shows up in Reuben's household in the 1840, 1850, 1860 census.

[NI2023] Buried at Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Indiana.

[NI2038] I have included this information from Cora Hiatts book, listing what she thought was John Chenoweths parents, grandparents, etc. There is no know connection other than the surname.

[NI2052] JEREMIAH REDENBAUGH is a retired farmer, living just outside the city limits of Crawfordsville, but he still retains possession of his farm, which is located in Walnut Township, Montgomery County. Mr. Redenbaugh is a son of Henry R. Redenbaugh, one of the early settlers of this portion of Indiana, who was born born January 2, 1800, near Rodden, Ohio.

Frederick Redenbaugh, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Germany, came to this country some time during the last century, and first located in Pennsylvania, whence he moved to Ohio, and from there to Indiana in the early days of the settlement of the state. After coming here he first settled among the pioneers of Jefferson County, and then came to Montgomery County, where his life was closed at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was a soldier under Gen. Harrison at the famous battle of Tippecanoe, and he served with the General during the war of 1812. He married Margaret Haney in Pennsylvania, and they had twelve children, of whom their son William, who lives in Fountain County at the advanced age of eighty-one years, is the only survivor. The grandfather of our subject was an ardent Democrat in his day, and was a leader in local politics.

Henry Redenbaugh Was the fifth child born to his parents, and was a young man when he accompanied them to Jefferson County, this state. He there met and married Mary Douglas, daughter of Jeremiah and Jane (Huthert) Douglas. They had come from England to this country and first settled near Cincinnati, whence they afterwards removed to Jefferson County, this state. After his marriage Henry Redenbaugh remained awhile in Jefferson County, and then came to Montgomery County in 1828. He took up eighty acres of government land, which he cleared and improved, and developed it into a fine farm, upon which he remained until his death, September, 1891, at the venerable age of ninety-one years. In dying he left behind him an honorable record as an active and useful pioneer, as a good citizen, and as a desirable neighbor. He was the father of twelve children, of whom the following grew up maturity and are still living: John, a painter, residing at Newton, Kansas.; Jeremiah; Mary (Mrs. Brush). who lives in Iowa; Sarah Ann, who lives in Boone County; William R., a resident of Crawfordsville; Joe, a resident of Mace, and Eliza (Mrs. McMullen) a resident of Boone County.

Jeremiah Redenbaugh was born in Jefferson County, in the southern part of this state, May 25, 1824, and he was a child of three years when his parents brought him to their new home amid the pioneer scenes of Montgomery County. He was reared in Scott Township, and has a distinct recollection of the appearance of the country in all its wildness when he was a boy, and he can remember when Crawfordsville had but three or four houses in it. He made his home. with his father until he was twenty-one, and then married established a home of his own with the help of his wife. She was Elizabeth Corn in her maiden days and a daughter of William Corn, of Clark Township, one of the early settlers of the county.

Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Redenbaugh, of whom five are living: Sarah Jane, wife of Thomas N. Hosier; William, George W., Eliza Ellen and Nancy Eddenfield. Mr. and Mrs. Hosier have one child, Viola Ellen, aged nine years. The names of the deceased children of our subject are: Joseph Henry, Albert, Mary Alice, Andrew, Charlie and John, and one child who died in infancy unnamed. April 29, 1888, Jeremiah Redenbaugh had the misfortune to lose his wife, who had walked by his side for more than forty years, and to whose encouragement, cheerful assistance and wise counsel he was greatly indebted. Her age at the time of her death was sixty years, six months and twenty-seven days. She left behind her a blessed memory as a wife,/ mother and friend.

Mr. Redenbaugh bought a piece of land in Walnut Township after his marriage, and there he and his wife commenced keeping house together. He worked hard to improve it, and bought other land-until his farm comprised two hundred acres most excellent farming ]and. In 1886 he retired from active business, and from the rental of farm he derives a good income. His career farmer has placed him among the citizens of the township, although he began poor. This fact shows that beside being prudent and thrifty, he also carried on his methodically, and was shrewd and far-seeing his management of his affairs. Politically he is Democrat of stanch principles. He belongs to the Montgomery County Horse Thief Detective Association, and has always entered readily into scheme for protecting the interests of the farmer.


From the Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke, and Fountain Counties

[NI2057] Pauline Waters lists her last name as Huthbert in the book, "The Corn Family, 1990" .

[NI2073] George Corn came to Pennsylvania from Germany, with his five sons.

[NI2132] Died in Motercycle Accident.

[NI2145] In County Court in October 1817 in Mason County, Kentucky was declared dead. He had died in War of 1812 in or around Fort Niagara, New York. Was killed during the Niagara Campaign in 1814.

[NI2151] Died in Robert Asbby/Ashbee's house, Stafford County, Virginia.

[NI2158] Died in Louisville, KY as a result of wounds or disease due to service in the Union Army.

[NI2159] Buried: Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI2167] Buried: Baker Cemetery, one mile east of Scircleville, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI2174] [Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Oct 12, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.1074.48]

Individual: Baker, Washington
Age: 21 Year(s)
Ethnicity: White
Birthplace: Indiana
County: Clinton
Township: Jennings
Post Office: Berlin
State: IN
Census Page Number: 0279
Census Line Number: 39A
National Archives Series Number: M653
National Archives Microfilm Number: 250
Real Property: $0
Personal Property: $0
Head of Household: Y
Literate: Yes
Family Number: 0461
Dwelling Number: 0470

[NI2197] Aged 4y 3m 24d old when died on May 1, 1865. Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI2198] Aged 7m 12 d, when died on 7 May, 1865. Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI2199] Buried in Bogan Cemetery near Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana.

[NI2211] Alice's name is spelled "Allis" on her tombstone in Tippecanoe County.

Allis is buried in the Lauramie Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, in Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Stone says Allis Ryan, W(ife) of James, Died Sept 6, 1847, 55yrs 4m 11d.

The connection to James Ryan is established by his 1871, but it looks promising to have found this marker just over the Clinton County line from where James had a farm.

[NI2218] Notes for MATHIAS SELSER SULCER:
Mathias Selser served several tours of duty in late 1700s, beginning at age 19 in the Indian War and Revolutionary War efforts--he answered the call initially sent to his father, Henry. Mathias, in his pension request papers, gives his Christian name as William. He used the last name of Sulcer. He and Jane Johnston had 7 children. The first was named Henry. Polly was also one of their children. The bible in which all the children's names were recorded was lost in a fire. (Mathias Selser and William Sulcer are the same person).

Early Adventures on the Western Waters, Vol. I
Augusta Co., VA Land Grants:
William Richeson, grant #1799 to Henry Beeson and William Sulser, 157 acres.

Virginia Genealogy, Volume #7
1800 Tax List - Bath County, VA
Sulser, William, 1 white male over 21; 2 horses

Soldiers and Patriots buried in Indiana (by O'Byrne)
Information compiled by Mrs. S. G. Davenport - Vincennes
Sulcer, William born 1756 in Shenandoah County, VA
Service: Enlisted 1774 as substitute for his father and served 6 months under Capt. Lewis in Col. Lewis's Virginia Regt. In battle at Trenton and Princeton. Wounded. Total service time 18 months.
Proof: Pension Claim W..9687
Died: December 14, 1836
Married: 1793 (August) Jane Johnston - seven children - only one known, Henry, born 1794. {actually, Polly Sulcer has been established as a William Sulcer/Jane Johnston off-spring since that time}

Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications - Vol. III
8 October 1833 - Joseph Brown applied for pension in spring of 1781, he was drafted as a spy to guard the frontier for 3 months under Sgt. Sulcer. He was stationed at Evansport, near the fork of Cheat River.

Index to Revolutionary Soldiers of Indiana (by Wolfe)
Sulcer, William Green County Index 01-349
Sulcer, William Knox County Index C

Historical Register of Virginias in Revolution (by Gateway)
Sulser, Mathew 6th., Continental Line
Sulser, Mathias 10th., Continental Line
Sulser, William Kent Co., IN Military Pension List

Marriages in Rockingham County, VA.
Sulcar, Matthias to Elizabeth Rimmels/Runnels, 1791 (this may have been a first wife for William??)

[NI2225] Notes for JOHN LEWIS LODOWICK SELSER:
Lewis Lodowick Selser is the presumed father of Robert Selser/Celser/Sulcer; although it may turn out that either Mathias, Jr., or John Ludwig is the father. It is evident that Robert Selser/Celser/Sulcer is the grandson of Mathias Seltzer Selser.

The other three children of Lewis Lodowick Selser are NOT confirmed as belonging to this line; however, it is highly likely that they fit-in somewhere. I am temporarily placing all 4 as children under Lewis just to keep track of them until I find where they belong. Christian should not be confused with the Christian born in Pennsylvania.

Christian and Robert are likely brothers or cousins as they both end up in Madison County, Ohio, at about the same time....

[NI2235] Notes for MATHIAS SELSER WILLIAM SULCER:
Mathias Selser served several tours of duty in late 1700s, beginning at age 19 in the Indian War and Revolutionary War efforts--he answered the call initially sent to his father, Henry. Mathias, in his pension request papers, gives his Christian name as William. He used the last name of Sulcer. He and Jane Johnston had 7 children. The first was named Henry. Polly was also one of their children. The bible in which all the children's names were recorded was lost in a fire. (Mathias Selser and William Sulcer are the same person).

Early Adventures on the Western Waters, Vol. I
Augusta Co., VA Land Grants:
William Richeson, grant #1799 to Henry Beeson and William Sulser, 157 acres.

Virginia Genealogy, Volume #7
1800 Tax List - Bath County, VA
Sulser, William, 1 white male over 21; 2 horses

Soldiers and Patriots buried in Indiana (by O'Byrne)
Information compiled by Mrs. S. G. Davenport - Vincennes
Sulcer, William born 1756 in Shenandoah County, VA
Service: Enlisted 1774 as substitute for his father and served 6 months under Capt. Lewis in Col. Lewis's Virginia Regt. In battle at Trenton and Princeton. Wounded. Total service time 18 months.
Proof: Pension Claim W..9687
Died: December 14, 1836
Married: 1793 (August) Jane Johnston - seven children - only one known, Henry, born 1794. {actually, Polly Sulcer has been established as a William Sulcer/Jane Johnston off-spring since that time}

Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications - Vol. III
8 October 1833 - Joseph Brown applied for pension in spring of 1781, he was drafted as a spy to guard the frontier for 3 months under Sgt. Sulcer. He was stationed at Evansport, near the fork of Cheat River.

Index to Revolutionary Soldiers of Indiana (by Wolfe)
Sulcer, William Green County Index 01-349
Sulcer, William Knox County Index C

Historical Register of Virginias in Revolution (by Gateway)
Sulser, Mathew 6th., Continental Line
Sulser, Mathias 10th., Continental Line
Sulser, William Kent Co., IN Military Pension List

Marriages in Rockingham County, VA.
Sulcar, Matthias to Elizabeth Rimmels/Runnels, 1791 (this may have been a first wife for William??) It is remotely possible that Robert might be the son of this marriage????

William lived for a period of time in VA before going to KY for a period of time and then to IL and OH (not certain of order of IL and OH) and ended up in Indiana. No contact with any of their children in their eldest years, save Henry (first-born), who was last heard from as being in Illinois.

I spent two years trying to connect to William--then, I found David T. Sulcer of California who "gave-up" genealogy to work on a Master's degree. He had his line traced back to Henry (son of William Sulcer) and I was able to give him all my info on William. Just the day before we met for the exchange of materials (early Oct., 1998), I found Mathias Selser at Sarah White's FTM homepage and I have been in a flurry of searching..... One of the things I got from David Sulcer was the clue about there being a Robert (just when I was giving-up on this line, it all began to fall into place....) David also gave me a lot of information on another branch of Sulcers in Alabama--not connected to either of our lines and possibly (probably) not to the Selser/Seltzer line....

Notes for William "Mathias" Sulcer:
William also went by the name Mathias. He fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War in place of his father. In the Revolutionary War he fought under Capt. Lewis, and later as a member of General George Washington's life guard. He was in the battle at Trenton and Princeton, and wounded. He and Jane were married by the Rev. Frederick Repos. They lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana (Green Co.).

[NI2253] I found this Henry Sulcer, b. May 27, 1794 through David Sulcer's family (the man to whom I have turned-over all my related materials)—he has the Sulcer line from there down. I have it, too, but do not have permission to give it away—I don't think he will mind about Henry as I gave him William and you gave him John and Mathias Sr.

I ran across many, many spelling variations: Selser, Celser, Selzer, Celzer, Sulzer, Sulcer, etc., etc.

[NI2254] Notes for POLLY SULCER:
Hardin County, KY, Marriage Records
Seth Anderson to Polly Sulcer 24 March 1821
Bondsman: James Haycraft and William Sulcer

[NI2263] Notes for Esaw Pursifull:
He worked as a blacksmith.

[NI2271] Notes for George Methol Dallas Pursifull:
George M. D. Pursifull's birth date is given as Oct. 26, 1846 in Esaw Pursifull's family Bible. In George M. D.'s own family Bible it is listed as Oct. 17, 1848.

[NI2281] Notes for Barlow Grover Pursiful:
He and Elizabeth were married by Reverend H. C. Miracle. He worked as a Singer sewing machine salesman.

[NI2745] Died 9 years, 8 months of age.

[NI2773] Died age 25 years, 1 month, 9 days

[NI2775] Aged 6 years, 10 months, 6 days

[NI2815] Died age 4 years, 2 months, 26 days

[NI2872] We're still learning about the Ashers. Robert Asher, whom we believe was Nancy's brother, was married in 1834 in Tippecanoe County. The Tippecanoe 1830 census shows a John Asher, born in Virginia, with a household configuration that could'ye included both Nancy and Robert. There was also an Elizabeth Asher married in Tippecanoe County in 1834.

We're trying to make a connection to some well-researched Virginia Ashers.

In 1870, Nancy was living in a household that included two of her children...George and Amanda...and George's children. George's wife Miriam had died four years earlier. We don't know what happened to Nacy after that.

[NI2873] Burton Ryan shows up with other members of our family in the Preble County tax records in the late 1820s. There is a marriage record for a Burton Ryan in Vermillion County, Illinois in 1835, though we do not know if this is our Burton. This Illinois cotmty is relatively close to Clinton County, Indiana, where other family members were living. Other records show Burton in Vermillion County in 1830 and 1840.

[NI2917] Descendents of John Sunderland, born in Halifax ca. 1680

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This is a controversial lineage. The only known child of John and Elizabeth is Samuel but other parents for Samuel have been asserted by Howard Houser in The Royal Rebels. Benjamin Sunderland Dunkin,in his biographical sketch of his father Richard Dunkin, indicated that the Sunderlands were of "High Sunderland". If this is true- this would connect them with the lineage of Matthew 1286 and most likely with the last Sunderland owner of High Sunderland, Langdale Sunderland.



We are trying to assemble the sources for and against the lineage listed below, but probably the safest tack to take right now is to be skeptical that any of the proposed children of Samuel are really his. In particular there are questions about Daniel and John. The John listed may be two different persons. It seems safe to say that Peter and William were brothers, and most likely sons of Samuel.

There are other controversial points.

Was Elizabeth Sunderland the daughter of Peter or William?


Was the Michael listed as a child of Peter really that person?


Source: http://rampages.onramp.net/~rodgers/geneal/sunder/john1680.html

Sunderlandiana.....
This web page will host information about the Sunderland families
in America, Australia, England, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and anywhere we find them!

[NF067] Marraige Bond secured by father Andrew Bogan on 8 March 1797.

[NF081] Marriage performed by Rev. John Alderson, Augusta County, Virginia.

[NF140] 12 November 1798: Date of Marriage Bond, Secured by John Wallace and John Bogan.

[NS14481] Very complete source of Elijahs and Marys family in Clinton County, Indiana.

Allied Families: Amos, Graham, Gregg, Hodgen, Martin, McKinney, Whitcomb.

[NS14482] Very good

[NS14483] Owned by G. Scircle

[NS14801] The Corn Family contains much information on the Corn and Redenbaugh familiies.

[NS14802] Very Good

[NS14803] Owned by G. Scircle

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