Dad's Notebook No. 10, Part 2

Anderson, Viginia. Pucketts, Vaughans, Harlans, Meeks & Allied Families, Wayne County, Illinois, 1988. 

Our earliest known Meeks ancestor was William Meeks, who came from England, according to the journal of a great grandson, Priddy Meeks (1795-1886). Two of William Meek's sons were William Jr. and John. We are descended from William Meeks, Jr., who married Molly Nolin / Nolan.  We do not have definite dates for the birth and marriage of William Jr., but it is thought that he was born around 1730 and married about 1750. He may have died in Greenville District, S.C.   There is a bill of sale in Greenville District, SC, Deek Book D, p. 359 from Wm. Meeks to his son Athe Meeks - 7 Jan. 1797. I have no record that William Jr. accompanied his children to Kentucky, so he may have died in South Carolina .

The children of William Jr. & Molly (Nolin) Meeks are believed to have all been born in Allens Creek, Hanover Co., VA. Their children are as follows:

1. Priddy Meeks, b. ca. 1751 md. Elizabeth Denny (our ancestors)
2. John Meeks b. ca. 1753 md. Elizabeth Walker
3. Susanna Meeks b. ca. 1755 md. Paul Meecham
4. Athe Meeks b. ca. 1756, md. Margaret Snead (parents of Priddy Meeks, who wrote a journal).
5. Jesse Meeks b. ca. 1758 md. Sarah (--?--)
6. Nacy [male] Meeks b. ca. 1762 md. Frances Holt
7. Martin Meeks b. ca. 1764 md. Margaret (--?--)
8. Littleton Meeks b. 8 Feb. 1766 md. Elizabeth Ivie (?)
9. Sarah Meeks b. ca. 1766, md. William Fleet
10. Candice Meeks b. 1768 md. Wm. Williams

. . . The family ssems to have scattered to North & South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana and other points west. Our ancestors Priddy & Elizabeth (Denny) Meeks, were in Hardin Co., Ky. and later in Hart Co., Ky.

The children of Priddy & Elizabeth (Denny) Meeks were:

1. Sarah Meeks b. 5 May 1773 md. 1) (--?--) Green, 2) Stephen Mahurin.
1. Sarah (Mahurin) (Smith) Meeks md. 1) Anthony Smith & 2) Priddy Meeks as his 2nd wife (journal writer)
2. John Meeks b. ca. 1775
3. William Meeks b. ca. 1778 md. Nancy Goatley
4. Suddath Meeks b. ca. 1779 md. Winyann "Winnie" Smoot
5. Benjamin Meeks b. ca. 1781 md. Rebecca Meeks
6. Susannah Meeks b. ca. 1784
7. Nancy Meeks b. ca. 1786 md. John Meeks
8. Elizabeth Meeks b. ca. 1788 md. James Butler [grandparents]
9. Mary Meeks b. ca. 1790 md. John Young
10. Patsy Meeks b. ca. 1792 md. Isaac West
11. Rebecca Meeks b. ca. 1794

Excerpts from Mormon Priddy Meeks' journal (relationships to the author):

William Meeks, came from England - great grandfather

his son William Meeks - grandfather

Athe Meeks - father

John Meeks - grand uncle

Priddy Meeks - uncle 

Jesse Meeks - uncle

Middleton [Littleton?] Meeks - uncle

Nacy Meeks - uncle

Sarah (Meeks) Mahurin - mother-in-law (d/o Priddy & Elizabeth (Denny) Meeks)

Mary Bartlett Meeks - wife #1 (polygamist)

Margaret (Sneed) Meeks - mother 

Molly Noulon - grandmother

Elizabeth (Denny) Meeks - aunt, wife's grandmother . . . 

Elizabeth (Meeks) Butler - wife's aunt

Priddy Meeks my uncle had 11 children by his wife Elizabeth Denny - John, Suddeth, William, Benjamin, Sarah, Susannah, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, Patsy, Rebecca.

---

Bartley, Edward. Enlistments from Wayne County, photocopied manuscript at Fairfield, Illinois Public Library. 

Cronk, Richard. Co. D 60th Illinois Infantry - Enlisted from Middleton, November 20, 1861. Discharged April 5, 1862.   Not sure how this man is related to Hannah Carpenter (Robertson) Cronk's husband Henry Cronk, but am sure that he is.  He could be his brother or his father.  

---

Westerfield, Thomas. Kentucky Genealogy & Biography Vol. III, Owensboro, KY: Genealogical Reference Company, 1971. 

Charles W. Butler, Ohio County, was born in Hart County, Ky., May 1, 1831. He was reared in his native county, and in 1851, removed to Grayson County; to Breckinridge County in 1856, and to Ohio County in 1866, where he has since resided. His father, John Butler, a native of South Carolina was born in 1796, removed with his parents in 1805, to Hart County, Ky., and died in Grayson County in 1861. He was the son of Enoch Butler [b. 1765], a Virginian, who died in Hart County, Ky., in 1837 aged seventy-two years. His father was John Butler; his wife Mary A., daughter of Harry Clagett, of Grayson County, died in 1854 at the age of fifty-six years. From their union sprang Henry C., Minor E., Charles W., Joseph A., and John W.  To subject's father, by a second marriage, was born Cynthia J. (Day). Charles W. Butler's educational advantages were such as the common schools of Kentucky afforded. February 13, 1855, he married Anne E., daughter of Moses W. & Matilda (Bishop) Stone, of Grayson County, born Oct. 22, 1837, and to them were born Thomas E., February 13, 1866, and Mary A., June 19, 1868. Mr. Butler was reared a farmer, a vocation which he followed until 1865, when he  commenced  merchandising, and in 1866, came to Pattieville, where he engaged in general merchandising until 1878, when he, in connection with many others, failed on account of the defalcation of a Louisville commission house. With commendable zeal he cotinued his business as dealer in leaf tobacco, and is now a successful and useful member of the community; he has been engaged in the tobacco business for eighteen years. He owns and cultivates 106 acres of good land; is a demitted [resigned from] Mason; has been for fifteen years a ruling elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a democrat. 

1. Enoch Butler b. 1765 VA, d. 1837, Hart Co., KY

1a. John Butler b. 1796 SC d. 1854 md. 1) Mary A. Clagett, md. 2) (--?--)

1a1. Henry C. Butler

1a2. Minor E. Butler

1a3. Charles W. Butler b. 5/1/1831 Hart Co., KY, moved to Grayson Co 1851, moved to Breckinridge Co. 1856 & Ohio Co. 1866.  Md. Anne E. Stone 2/13/1855.  

1a4. Joseph A. Butler 

1a5. John W. Butler 

1a6. Cynthia J. (Butler) Day

1a3a. Thomas E. Butler b. 2/13/1866

1a3b. Mary A. Butler b. 6/19/1868

Depending upon how accurate this account is, Enoch Butler could be the father of our James Butler. 

---

Whobrey, Betty. Descendants of Wilhelm Saltsman, no imprint.  This source is problematic!

Generation 1. Wilhelm Saltsman md. Dothe Liss/Lis/Lise (of Germany)

Generation 2.

1a. William Saltsman b. 19 Jan. 1720-21 Germany, immigrant to southern Kentucky

1b. Lewis Saltsman b. Germany, immigrant to Texas

1c. Henry Saltsman b. Germany, immigrant to southern Indiana

Generation 3.

1a1. William Saltsman b. ca. 1740, d. ca 1835 Green Co., KY md. 1) (--?--), 2) Susanna Morgan 18 Sep. 1795 Nelson Co., KY 

• moved the family to Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH.  
• some claim the family lived in Maryland (may be William & his first wife)
• 1783 tax list of Alexander Hite in Shenandoah Co., VA with 5 people in household
• 1785 tax list of Abraham Bird of men with large farms, 3 people in household
• July 1787 tax roll Fayette Co., VA [Fayette Co., KY] with his brothers [sons?] Peter & Andrew
• Tax roll - Nelson Co., KY [nd given]
• Tax roll - Hardin Co., KY [nd given]

1a2. Phillip Saltsman

1a3. George Saltsman

1a4. Anthony Saltsman b. ca. 1745

Generation 4.

[1a1a? George Saltsman b. ca. 1760 from below?]

1a1a Peter Saltsman b. ca. 1765 md. (--?--)

• Lived in Grayson Co., KY, paid taxes from 1810 to 1840

1a1b William Saltsman b. July 18, 1769, md. (--?--)

1a1c Andrew Saltsman b. ca. 1770 md. Catharine Waggoner 2 March 1788

1a1d Jacob Saltsman b. ca. 1770

1a1e Mary Saltsman

1a1f Aaron Saltsman b. ca. 1785 md. Elizabeth Desarn 11 April 1818 Green Co., KY

• Elizabeth Desarn b. ca. 1790, daughter of Edmund Desarn
• settled in Grayson Co., KY by 1820
• 1830 lived in Green Co., KY with 4 children
• 1850 farmer in Grayson Co., KY 
• 1850 real estate valued at $175
• 1860 personal estate $400
• 1870 Elizabeth head of household, son Monroe living with her

1a1g John Salsman/Saltsman b. 8, Feb. 1805 KY, d. 10 Feb. 1884, Arlington, Rush Co., IN.  Md. 1) Margaret Brown Nelson, 2) Belinda A. Davis, 13 July 1828

• Belinda A. Davis b. 30 Dec. 1809 in OH
• John listed in book "Original Landowners of Rush County, IN" 
• 1832 - Sep. 5 purchased land in Rush Co., IN
• John buried East Hill Cemetery, Arlington, Rush Co., IN
• farmer

Generation 5.

1a1a1 Daniel Saltsman b. 1802 KY, d. 16 Jan. 1877 Pulaski Co., MO, md. 1) Mary Ann Davis ca. 1821, 2) Hester A. Yates 1843

• Mary Davis b. KY, d. before 1843 in Grayson Co., KY
• Hester Yates b. ca. 1812 KY
• No sure which children belong to which mother. 
• 1850 Grayson Co. KY census, dwelling #509 real estate $125
• Daniel Salsman age 48, m farmer b. KY
• Hester A. age 38 f b. KY
• Catharine age 21 f b. KY
• Rhoda age 18 f b. KY
• John age 19 m, farmer b. KY
• Samantha age 16 f b. KY
• Peter age 13 m b. KY
• Eve A. age 6 f b. KY
• Mary J. age 4 f b. KY
• Daniel J. age 1 m b. KY

1a1a2 Peter Saltsman Jr. b. 1810, md. Elizabeth / Polly Hazel 25 Feb. 1833

• Wife listed as Elizabeth in every census
• 1850 farmer in Green Co., KY
• 1860 farmer in Green Co., KY
• 1870 farmer in Green Co., KY. Upper Brush Creek Precinct
• 1870 real estate valued a $00
• 1870 personal estated $45
• 1880 farmer in Green Co., KY
• 1833 paid taxes in Grayson Co. KY
• 1840 paid taxes in Green Co., Ky

1a1b1 Mary Saltsman [since the 3 below are incorrect this is probably 1a1e]

1a1b2 George Saltsman b. ca. 1760 - this birth doesn't work! [brother of Peter?]

1a1b3 Peter Saltsman b. 1765 - this birth doesn't work! [same person as 1a1a?!]

1a1b4 Andrew Saltsman b. ca. 1770 - this birth doesn't work! [same person as 1a1c?!]

1a1f1 Jacob Saltsman b. 1823 Grayson Co., KY, d. 2 Sept. 1907 Grayson Co., KY. Md. 1) Lettie E. Saltsman ca. 1845 Grayson Co., KY, 2) Sally Decker 22 Oct. 1901 Grayson Co., KY

• Lettie E. Saltsman 1a1a1g see below, dau. of Daniel & Mary (Davis) Saltsman
• Sally Decker daughter of William & Elizabeth (Saltsman) Decker
• Sally Decker b. ca. 1832, d. 16 March 1904
• 1850 Jacob farmer Grayson Co., KY
• 1850 Jacob listed next to father Aaron 
• 1860 personal estate $400
• 1880 Jacob's brother Monroe lived with him and a granddaughter Elizabeth (Feb. 1880)
• 1900 living Rock Creek District, Grayson Co. with granddaughters Elizabeth Decker (March 1880, Elizabeth Saltsman (Feb. 1882
• Jacob & Lettie buried Jacob Saltsman Cemetery, Grayson Co., KY
• 1850 Grayson Co., KY census, dwelling 596
• Jacob Salsman age 26 m farmer b. KY
• Hetty E. age 26 f b. KY
• Eliza J. age 4 f b. KY
• Elizabeth age 3 f b. KY
• Mary age 1 f b. KY
• 1860 Grayson Co. KY census, household 1203
• Jacob 36 m farmer $400 KY
• Letty 36 f housewife KY
• Eliza J. 14 f, KY
• Elizabeth 13 f KY
• Polly 11 f KY
• Lucretia 9 f KY
• Aaron 7 m KY
• Eda 6 f KY
• Sally (Decker) Saltsman buried Hickory Grove Cemetery, Grayson Co., KY

1a1f2 Winny Saltsman b. ca. 1825 Green Co., KY md. Elijah W. Russel April 1854 Grayson Co.

• Elijah Russel b. ca. 1827 TN

1a1f3 Moses Saltsman b. ca. 1828

1a1g1 Synthy Ann Salsman/Saltsman

Generation 6. [kids out of order]

1a1a1a Elizabeth Salsman b. 1826, d. 30 Dec. 1873 Leitchfield, Grayson Co., KY. Married Squire Jefferson Decker 9 April 1856 Leitchfield, Grayson Co., KY

• Squire Decker b. 1826 Grayson Co., KY, d. 12 Dec. 1864 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
• Squire Decker son of Loddick & Martha (--?--) Decker
• 1850 Grayson Co. census, dwelling #600
• Squire Decker age 23 m farmer b. GA
• Elizabeth age 23 f b. GA
• Eliza age 4 f b. GA
• Delilah age 2 f b. GA
• Squire Decker buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY

1a1a1b Catherine Salsman b. ca. 1829

1a1a1c John Tucker Saltsman b. Sep. 1831 Grayson Co., KY, d. 1911 Grayson Co., KY

1a1a1d Rhoda Saltsman b. ca. 1832

1a1a1e Samantha Saltsman b. ca. 1834

1a1a1f Peter A. Saltsman b. Feb. 1836 Grayson Co., KY md. Eliza Jamima Anna "Min" Yates 1857 MO

• Eliza Yates b. 18 Dec. 1840 MO

1a1a1g Lettie E. Saltsman b. Dec. 1823 KY, d. 1901 Grayson Co., KY md. cousin Jacob Saltsman ca. 1845 Grayson Co., KY

• Jacob Saltsman 1a1f1, see above

1a1a1h William Salsman b. 1805 [this does not work - typo? - 1825/1835 or wrong generation?]

1a1a1i Eva A. Saltsman b. ca. 1844

1a1a1j Mary J. Saltsman b. ca. 1846

1a1a1k Daniel J. Saltsman b. ca. 1849

1a1a1l Margaret Lydia Saltsman b. 1853

1a1a1m Simon W. Saltsman b. 1858

1a1a1n William Jones Saltsman b. 1851

1a1a2a Thomas Saltsman b. ca. 1836 KY

1a1a2b Rachel Saltsman b. ca. 1838 md. Robert Easton 26 Nov. 1865 Breckinridge Co., KY

• Robert Easton b. ca. 1831 KY

1a1a2c Silas S. Saltsman b. Nov. 1840 KY, d. 19 Dec. 1912 Larue Co., KY

1a1a2d John Saltsman b. ca. 1842 Green Co., KY d. 11 June 1858 Green Co., KY

1a1a2e Elijah Saltsman b. ca. 1842 KY

1a1a2f Jane Saltsman b. ca. 1842

1a1a2g Nancy Saltsman b. ca. 1844

1a1a2h James R. Saltsman b. July 1849 KY

1a1a2i Henry Saltsman b. ca. 1852 KY

1a1a2j Martha Ellen Saltsman b. ca. 1854

1a1a2k Mary Saltsman b. ca. 1857

1a1f1a Eliza J. Saltsman b. ca. 1846

1a1f1b Mary Saltsman b. ca. 1849 Grayson Co., KY

1a1f1c Lucretia Saltsman b. ca. 1851

1a1f1d Aaron Saltsman b. 13 Aug. 1853 KY, d. 13 Jan. 1929

1a1f1e Eda Saltsman b. ca. 1856, d. ca. 1894

1a1f1f male b. 15 Feb. 1858

1a1f1g female b. 15 Dec. 1859 d. ca. 1864

1a1f1h Daniel A. Saltsman b. 24 Dec. 1861, d. 7 April 1926

1a1f1i Joan Salsman b. ca. 1865

Generation 7.

1a1a1a1 Philadelpha / Delphinia Decker b. ca. 1848

1a1a1a2 Eliza Decker b. ca. 1846

1a1a1f 1 Mary S. Salsman b. 1858 MO

1a1a1f 2 James W. Salsman b. 1862 MO

1a1a1f 3 Lavinia V. Salsman b. May 1868 MO

1a1a1f 4 Cordelia J. Salsman b. Jan. 1870 MO

1a1a1f 5 John M. Salsman b. May 1872 Swedeborg, Pulaski Co., MO

1a1a1f 6 Harriet Jane Salsman b. 7 Mar 1875 Waynesville, MO

1a1a1f 7 Almeda Essie Salsman b. May 1878 MO

1a1a1f 8 Walter Emmett Salsman b. 7 Oct. 1881 Pulaski Co., MO

1a1a1f 9 Oliver Salsman

1a1a1f 10 Ellen Salsman