Born: Jan. 6, 1791 in Kentucky
Died: Jan. 19, 1868 in Clay County, Illinois
Buried: Colclasure Cemetery in Clay County, Illinois
Marriage: Rachel Galbraith ca. 1813 in either Indiana or Kentucky
Occupation: farmer
Census/Records:
1800 not found on census
1810 an Abraham Colclasure family living in Montgomery Co., VA doesn't seem to be the same
1812 Dec. 27 - Indiana, Harrison Co. - a John Coleglasure listed as a sergeant on a muster roll
Muster Roll of a Company of Indiana Territory Infantry Militia of the County of Harrison called into the Service of the United States by general order of his excellency John Gibson, acting governor and commander in of the said Territory, under the Command of Capt. Henry Dawalt commanded by Col. Joseph Paddacks, this 27th day December AD 1812
- Henry Dawalt, captain
- John Coleglasure, Sergeant
1820 Indiana, Orange Co. - age 29 living with Rachel and four children
1830 Indiana, Orange Co. - age 39 living with Rachel and five children
1830 Deed Oct. 20, 1830 John and Rachel to John Hardin 80 acres for $100 in Orange Co., Indiana.
1835 Not found on census
1839 a John Colclasure served on a jury in Clay Co., Illinois for the John Service murder trial
1840 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 48 living with Rachel and eight children.
1845 Not found on census
1850 Illinois, Clay Co. - age 58 John is listed as a farmer. He is living with Rachel and four children. Two of his sons are listed as farmers as well. They are 16 and 18.
1853 Illinois, Clay Co. taxes on 846 1/2 acres
1855 Not found on census
1860 Illinois, Clay Co. - John is listed as being 69 and owning $2600 worth of real estate. His personal estate is valued at $400. Rachel and a daughter are living with him.
1865 Not found on census
Children:
Martha Ellen b. ca. 1814, d. 10/27/1879 md. John Crutchfield
- Mary Crutchfield md. Martin Wiseman
- Nancy Crutchfield
- John Crutchfield b. 1844
- Joseph Terry Crutchfield b. 1846
- Jacob Crutchfield b. 1848
- Martha Crutchfield b. 1852
- Savillah Crutchfield b. 1854
- Elizabeth Crutchfield b. 1855
- James Crutchfield b. 1857
- William Marion Crutchfield b. 1860
Jacob b. 1821, d. 1908 md. Excelina Bryant 1840
- Caroline b. 1843 md. Monroe Landreth
- Warren b. 1845
- Robert b. 1846
- Doc Green b. 1847
- Matilda b. 1849
- Alexander b. 1849
- Rachel b. 1851 md. John Montgomery 1869
- Albert Montgomery
- Dudley
- Sara b. 1856
- Exline
- Morgan
- Martha b. 1850
- Commodore Perry b. 1853 md. Savilla Parks 1887 d/o David Parks
- Guy
- Rayford b. 1857 md. Cora Baxter
- Henry b. 1862
- Mary b. 1870
- Nancy b. 1872
- C.H. b. 1877
- Richard Arthur b. 1881, d. 1956 md. Goldie Sutton 1899
- unnamed child b. 1900
- Clara b. 1883
- Viola b. 1885
- Orion Clyde b. 1887
- Floyd b. 1890
Joseph Worden b. 4/25/1825, d. 3/4/1899 md. Salina Spiker 1849
- Lydia b. 1852
- Mary b. 1856
- Perry Crawford b. 1865 md. 1) Eliza Lansford 1887 & 2) Sarah Dove 1891
- Edna b. 1892
- Clyde b. 1894, d. 1949 md. Lola Lee 1916, children: Jack, Jiggs, Betty, Mary, Doc, Ivan, Buck, Charles, unnamed daughter, Tommy
- Minnie b. 1895
- Grace b. 1903
- Nellie b. 1906
- Elsie b. 1909, d. 1977 md. Lawrence Wheeler 1933, children: Lawrence Jr., Linda
- Albert
- Ellen Trinkle
- Anna Trinkle
- William Trinkle
- Rebecca Trinkle
- Robert Trinkle
John b. 1/26/1830, d. 2/14/1896 md. Rachel Jones
- Florence / Frankie b. 1870, d. 1874
- Jay
- Clara Belle md. (--?--) Emery
- Harold Colclasure Emery
- Angeline b. 1854, d. 1886 md. William Golden
- John b. 1857, d. 1930
- Jacob b. 1860
- Frances b. 1864 md. William Randall 1888
- Harriet b. 1865 d. 1886
- Marion
- Jefferson
- William Marion b. 1857 md. Isadora Henderson 1880
- James Mattison b. 1860, d. 1926 md. Amanda Sower 1880
- Nora Alice b. 1882, d. 1950 md. Harvey Pugh, child: Dorothy
- William b. 1883, d. 1884
- Gertrude b. 1888, d. 1889
- Oscar b. 1894, d. 1897
- Vernie Edith b. 1898
- Homer b. 1900, d. 1915
- Wilford b. 1860 md. 1) Ella Carlisle, 1886 & 2) Effie Connerly 1896 child: Dollie
- Abraham b. 1862
- Lafayette b. 1864 d. 1945 md. Cora Smith 1886
- Lova
- Andrew
- Marion
Revised 1/20/2022
I'm curious about your sources for info about John Colclasure. You list his death date as 19 Jan 1868. Do you remember where that info came from?
ReplyDeleteI am trying to document his daughter Nancy, whom many family trees show as married to Christopher Trinkle. However, there is a marriage record for a Nancy Colclasure who married a widower named Fielden Bridgewater in Clay Co on 19 Mar 1854. On the 1870 census, this couple has living with them a John Colclasure, age 74, who was born in KY. They are living next door to Abram Colclasure (another child of John and Rachel) and his family.
Nancy Trinkle is listed elsewhere on the 1870 census, widowed.
(To complicate things, Fielden Bridgewater's first wife was named Jemima Trnkle.)
I suspect that Nancy Bridgewater may be the daughter of John and Rachel, rather than Nancy Trinkle. And if the John Colclasure living with them is Nancy's father, then he couldn't have died in 1868.
Hope you see this and can help!
Jan Eardley gives the date of death as 1853. I found John on the 1860 census, but I don't have a clear source for 1868. It's a mystery.
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