Notebooks - Indiana #7, Part 1

A Genealogical & Biographical Record of Decatur County, Indiana, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900

Lathrop Family

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Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Posey County, Indiana, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

Map Town 5 South, Range 13W 2nd PM

• Peter Saltzman Section 22 1831 

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Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Putnam County, Indiana, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

Map Town 16 North, Range 4W 2nd PM Meridian:

• Abel Parish, Section 8 1831
• Jesse Parrish Section 8 1830
• Abel Parrish Section 8 1829
• Claiborn Wright Section 8 1831

Notebooks - Illinois #7, Part 5

McPeack, Laura, et al. 1900 Clay County Illinois Census, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1991.

Dwelling

Name

Relation to head

Sex

Birthdate - month / year

Age

Married/Single/Widowed/Divorced

Years married

Number of children born to woman

Number of children living

Birthplaces of person, father & mother

Occupation

Other fields will be noted

• 62 Smith, Jacob head, m, Jan 1837, 63, md 39 yrs. OH, VA, VA farmer literate, English, owns farm free
• Margaret wife f Mar 1845, 55, md. 39 8/5, TN, TN, TN English
• Wm. Harvey son m Mar 1876, 23 single IL, OH, TN farm labor, literate English

Notebook - Illinois # 7, Part 3

Clay County Genealogical Society. The 1870 Clay County Illinois Census, Louisville, IL: Clay County Genealogical Society, 1988

re = real estate

pp = personal property

• 1/1 McWilliams, Rich 28 m, farmer $1830 re, $435 pp, IL
• Susan 25 f keeping house, IL
• Edward 2 m IL
• Laura 3/12 f IL
• Brooks, Margaret 14 f IL, attended school
• 7/7 Brooks, Geo 26 m no occupation $400 re, $310 pp IN, illiterate
• Emily J. 25 f keeping house KY
• 23/23 Smith, W. 21 m $400 pe IN can't write
• Martha 22 f IN
• Anna 2 f IL
• 30/30 Hampton, Catharine 58 f $2100 re, $200 pp IN
• Brooks, Lydia 16 f IL attended school

Notebooks - Illinois #6, Part 1

Clay County, IL in 1881

Clay County Illinois Marriages 1901-1904, no imprint, nd

All places in Illinois unless otherwise stated

• Randel, Abraham L. of Riffle, Farmer, age 29 b. Kansas, s/o Sim & Elizabeth (Colclasure) Randel, 1st marr., md. Minnie P. Scrutchfield of Iola, age 17 b. Marion Co., d/o James & Ella (Cawsly) Scrutchfield, 1st marr., Jan. 1, 1901 by R.P. Anderson, JP
• Bryant, Richard of Hoosier Twp., Clay Co., farmer age 22, b. Pixley Twp., s/o Richard R. & Catherine (Benefield) Bryant md. Sabina Erwin of Hoosier Twp., age 19 b. Hoosier Twp., d/o David S. & Mary A. (Bible) Erwin, Nov. 6, 1901 by S.O. Kepley, ME
• Burgdorff, Julius of Flora, farmer, age 36, b. Evansville, IN s/o Julius & Rachel (Albert) Burgdorff, 2nd marr., md. Nora E. Dove of Flora, age 24, b. Martin Co., IN, d/o Richard & Serena (St. Clair) Dove, 1st marr., Nov. 10, 1901 by C.S. Crabtree, MG
• Bradley, Charley of Xenia, laborer age 27 b. Xenia s/o U.L. & Elizabeth (Friend) Bradley, 1st marr., Cora Fields of Louisville, age 24 b. Clay City Twp., Clay Co., d/o Walter & (--?--) Fields [mom's note indicates Walter's first wife, not Bell Dora Brooks], 1st marr., Dec. 7, 1901 by Jas. P. Hill, PM

Notebook - Pennsylvania No. 5, Part 2

Closson, Bob & Mary Closson. Surname to 52 Westmoreland County, Pa. Cemeteries, Vol. I, no imprint.

• Blackburn - Rehoboth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rostraver Township
• Blackburn - Parnassus Presbyterian Church Cemetery, City of New Kensington
• Blackburn - United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sewickley Township
• Coy - Emanual Evangelical & Reformed Cemetery, Franklin Township
• Coy - Middle Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Township
• Coy - Pine Run Church Cemetery, Washington Township
• Coy - St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg
• Coy - St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bell Township
• DeWalt - Harrison City Cemetery, Penn Township
• DeWalt - Sewickley Presbyterian Cemetery, Sewickley Township
• Dewees - Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Sewickley Township
• Deweese - Long Run Presybeterian Church Cemetery, North Huntington Township
• Fitzgerald - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Allegheny Township
• Fox - Middletown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township
• Fox - Harrold Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township
• Fox - United Methodist Chruch Cemetery, Sewickley Township
• Fox - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hempfield Township

Notebook - Ohio No. 4

Adams, Marilyn. Southern Ohio Taxpayers in the 1820s: Gallia & Jackson Counties, Atlanta, GA: Heritage Research, 1979.

Apparently I didn't bother to photocopy the key for this book, duh!

• Clark, Absalom, Gallia 1827, ch WV /117
• Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1823, 19-8-19 / 2
• Clark, Daniel, Jackson 1826 sl JA / 23; ch JA / 24
• Clark, Daniel Jr. Jackson 1826 ch JA / 24
• Clark, Hugh heirs Gallia 1827 15-3-2 GU / 125
• Clark, Isaac Jackson 1826 ch JA/24
• Clark, Isaaiah Jackson 1828 18-6-19 FR/29
• Clark, John 1826 ch JA / 24
• Clark, John C. Gallia 1827 ch WA /96
• Clark, Joseph Gallia 1827 15-7-19 MO / 91
• Clark, Mehitabel Gallia 1823 (N) del 15-6-9, 10/45 - black person?
• Clark, Nancy Jackson 1828, ch FR/31
• Clark, Nelson Jackson 1826 ch MA / 33
• Clark, Noah Jackson 1823 18-9-1, 2/2; 1826 sl RI / 14; ch RI /15

Notebook - Ohio No. 2

1850 Federal Census Index

Columns: Name, County, Page, Township

• Brooks, Anthony S. Muskingum, 158, Jefferson
• Brooks, Caleb, Muskingum, 331, Jackson - grandpa
• Brooks, David . Licking, 329, Liberty
• Brooks, Hiram, Muskingum, 335, Jackson
• Brooks, James, Muskingum, 80, Clay
• Edward, Jacob, Muskingum, 291, Madison
• Edward, Job, Licking, 222, Hartford
• Edward, John, Licking, 238, Hartford
• Edward, John, Licking 151, Union
• Edwards, Charles H., Muskingum, 359, Perry
• Edwards, David, Muskingum, 121, W. Zanesville
• Edwards, David, Muskingum, 114, Falls
• Edwards, David, Licking, 273, Harrison
• Edwards, Ellen, Licking, 50, Newark
• Edwards, Ellen, Licking, 10, Newark
• Edwards, Henry, Licking, 23, Newark
• Edwards, Henry, Muskingum, 249, Zanesville

Ahnentafel #468 - (--?--) Porter

(--?--) Porter

Born:  by 1743
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: by 1762

Records / Possibilities:
Barnes, Robert. Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1975

• Porter, Aaron 19 Aug. 1740 Jane MacKenny St. George's Parish, Baltimore Co., 317
• Porter, Alexander 5 Dec. 1759 Ann Beachamp Coventry Parish, Somerset Co., 64
• Porter, James 21 Jan. 1744/5 Anne Rippen Leeds' List of Marriage Licences, Talbot Co., 51

Notebook - Maryland No. 1

Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1904.

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1914.

Brewer, John, Anne Arundel Co., April 5, 1690, Liber 2, Folio 202 - grandfather

• To son John (and Eke) 700 acres unnamed
• To unborn child, if male, 150 acres of tract bequeathed son John afsd.
• To son Joseph and hrs., 200 acres, 1/2 of "Brewington."
• To wife Sarah, extx., personalty.
• Test: Clement Davis, Thos. Sutton, Jos. Burton

Ridgely, Henry Jr., Anne Arundel Co., Sept. 13, 1699, probate Apr. 26, 1700, Liber 6, Folio 371 - uncle

• To wife Catherine, extx. dwelling plantation during life and 200 acres part of "Warren's Ridge."
• To son Henry and hrs., dwelling plantation and 200 acres afsd. at death of wife; also 282 acres, "Ridgely's Beginning," on north side of Rogue Harbor Branch, Patuxent River. 
• To son Nicholas at 18 yrs. of age, and hrs., 275 acres "My Quarter Plantation," at hd. of Broad Ck., and 272 acres "Ridgely's Lot," on north east side of great branch of  Patuxent River.
• To son Charles and hrs., money with which to buy land, at 21 yrs. of age.
• To dau. Ann and hrs., 1/2 of "Huntington Quarter" taken up by testator's father (unnamed) and himself.
• To dau. Eliza: and hrs., 1/2 of 300 acres at Chester at hd. of Morgan's Ck.
• Sons to be of age at 21 yrs. and daus. at 16 yrs. 
• Overseers: Henry Ridgely and brother Charles Greenbury. 
• Test: Robt. Goldsborough, Thos. Reynolds, Wm. Johnson

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Baldwin, Jane, comp. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1907.

Notebook - Ohio No. 1

Bell, Carol. Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. nd 

Land Surveys: Ohio had many different land surveys resulting in different types of records. It is important to know the type of survey in each county before attempting to do extensive land and deed research. Knepper, George. The Official Ohio Lands Book. 

Includes maps of Ohio - The Building of Ohio; Ohio's Major Land Surveys; Counties Showing Formation Year

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Bell, Carol. Ohio Wills & Estates to 1850: An Index, Columbus, OH, 1981.

Ohio Network of American History Research Centers - formed in 1970 to provide cooperative statewide collecting, cataloging and reference services for Ohio's historical source materials. With primary emphasis on local government records, manuscripts, newspapers and audiovisual materials. The network is composed of eight units: two historical societies and six universities, all positioned geographically around the major metropolitan areas of the state.

Coshocton County formed 1811 from Muskingum Co., county seat: Coshocton. Sources indexed:

Will & Inventory Record 1, 2B & C, D & E 1811-1850

• Administration Dockets A & B
• Guardian Dockets 1837-1864
• Meredith, Helen. Coshocton Co., Ohio Marriages & Wills
• Coshocton Public Library. Index to Newspaper Obituaries 1826-1908
• Common Pleas Records 1832-1840
• Common Pleas Journals, 1829-1832

Notebook - Ohio #3

1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J.F. Everhart & Co., 1882

Map of Muskingum County

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A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.

Robertson family

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Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio, Chicago, IL: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1892

Baughman family
Brooks family
Ogle family
Parks family

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Kocher, Richard. A Listing of Entrymen on Lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio, no imprint, 1996.

Ohio River survey & U.S. military survey on congressional lands in Muskingum Co., Ohio.

Ahnentafel #253 - Susannah Porter

Susannah Porter

Born: ca. 1790
Died: ca. 1835

Buried:  Unknown

Married: Caleb Brooks

Children:
Miriam
Mary
Richard
Elizabeth
Roxanne

Ahnentafel #234 - Philip Porter

Philip Porter

Born: 1763 in Baltimore, Maryland
Died: April 3, 1816, Muskingum Co., Ohio

Buried: Muskingum Co., Ohio

Married: Mary Catherine Baughman, July 28 1793 in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly a second wife at the First Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She was listed as Kitty in the register. 

Occupation: Farmer

Records:
1790 - Baltimore County, Maryland census:

Patapsco Lower Hundred
Philip Porter household - 1 male -16, 3 males 16+, 8 females - if this is our Philip as head of household, he has a wife and children prior to marrying Mary.  This could be Philip's father.

Jesse Porter household - 2 males 16, 2 males 16+, 3 females, 1 slave - could be Philip's father or a sibling

Ahnentafel #117 - Mary Porter

Mary Porter

Born: 1800 in Baltimore, Maryland
Died: 1848 in Muskingum Co., Ohio

Buried: Unknown

Married: May 20, 1819 Jacob Edwards in Muskingum Co., Ohio
Census / Records:
1800 - not found on census

1810 - Mary would have been 10 years old, not found on census

In Memoriam - November 20th

1895 George Myers the husband of Ann Woodard was born in McLean Co., IL in 1836 and died there at age 58.    The couple had one son Franklin.  George is buried in Scogin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, IL.

1941 Solomon Colclasure age 49 in McLean Co., IL.  The son of John & Laura (Edwards) Colclasure he was born in Clay Co., IL in 1892.  Solomon married 1) Ada --?—and 2) Matilda --?--.  He was the father of three children: Marie, Estes and Elmo.  Solomon is buried in Heyworth Cemetery in Heyworth, IL.

In Memoriam - September 11th

1691 Hannah Hobart age 53 in Bristol, RI the daughter of Peter & Elizabeth (Ibrook) Hobart.  She was born in Massachusetts in 1638.

1823 Rhode (Brown) Goodnight in Lincoln Co., KY the wife of John Goodnight.  They had at least two children: Isaac and Sarah.

1856 Franklin Myers 4 month old son of George & Ann (Woodard) Myers in McLean Co., IL.  He is buried in Scogin Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, IL.

1940 Bert Damon husband of DeEtta Withrow and father of Frederick Damon.

In Memoriam August 21st

1854 Elizabeth (Porter) Woodard in McLean Co., IL age 59.  She was born in Baltimore, MD in 1794 to Philip & Mary (Baughman) Porter. Elizabeth married Jacob Woodard and they had four children: Jacob, Eliza, Cordelia and Ann.  She is buried in the old city cemetery in Bloomington, IL.

1868 William Maulding 2 months old the son of Ambrose & Nancy (Russell) Maulding.  He is buried in Farnsworth / Mt. Zion Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

In Memoriam August 13th

1854 Jacob Woodard son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Porter) Woodard in McLean Co., IL at age 32.  He was born in Virginia in 1822.  Jacob is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, IL.

1874 Dicy (Kirby) Speer in Leesville, IN age 69.  She was born in 1805 and married Andrew Speer in 1830.  They had twelve children.  Jesse, James, Talbert, William, Joseph, Elizabeth, Robert, Andrew, John, George, Susan and Dicy.  Dicy is buried in Wever Speer Cemetery in Lawrence Co., IN.

1933 Nancy (Milner) Darnielle in Galestown, MD she was born in Wayne Co., IL in 1867 the daughter of Joseph & Eliza (Gurley) Milner.  She married James Darneille.

1988 Tillman Withrow in Norwalk, CA the son of Franklin & Mary (Dove) Withrow he was born in Sallisaw, OK in 1899.  Tillman married Susie Hale in 1922 and they had 11 children: Wilma, Betty, Maggie, Fines, Dorothy, Cledus, James, Ronnie, Roddie, Bobbie and Glenda.

In Memoriam April 3rd

1816 Philip Porter age 53 in Muskingum Co., OH, he was born in Baltimore, MD in 1763.  Philip married Mary Baughman in 1793 and they had three children: Henry, Elizabeth and Mary.  He is buried in Muskingum Co., OH.

1875 Lydia (Wolfe) McCoy the daughter of John & Elizabeth (Cornwell) Wolfe age 85.  She was born in 1789 and married George McCoy in 1813. They had a son, Riley.  Lydia is buried in Stampers Creek Cemetery in Orange Co., IN.

In Memoriam March 26th

1653 Joan (Purchase) Capen born ca. 1578 in England.  She married Bernard Capen in 1596 and they had six children: Elizabeth, Ruth, Susanna, Dorothy, John and Honor.  The family immigrated to Dorchester, MA in 1632.

1670 Alice (Carpenter) Southworth Bradford in Plymouth, MA age 80 born ca. 1590 in Wrentham, England the daughter of Alexander Carpenter.  She married Edward Southworth in 1613 and they had two sons Constant and Thomas.  After Edward’s death Alice immigrated to Plymouth, MA where she married Gov. William Bradford in 1623 and they had three children: William, Mercy and Joseph.  She is buried in Plymouth, MA.

1676 Thomas Little son of Thomas & Ann (Warren) Little