Thank you, Gale. This is very helpful, but raises some additional questions for me. First, regarding the records available in Miami Co., OH, do you believe the Miami Valley Genealogical Index available online contains all the records still extant, or could there be omissions? I ask this because I have not found any probate or apprenticeship records, nor the records of HOW Elizabeth Shero(w) came to own land in Miami County, OH. Then, regarding land records, do you know if copies of township plat maps are available showing land ownership during this time period? If not, what would be the next best option to see where the Sherow's were, in relation to others living in the area at this time? I've inserted other questions in your text below: Philip Young & Elizabeth Royer were wed 2 Feb 1812 in Montgomery County OH by Dunker Elder David Ulrich of the Wolf Creek church. Book A-1, p. 34. Susanna Young and John Shero were wed 26 Jul 1831 in Montgomery County OH by John Waitman, a Justice of the Peace for Clay Township. Book B-1, p. 55. Montgomery County Ohio Records Center & Archives, 117 So. Main St, 6th floor, Dayton OH 45422. Regarding Philip Young and Elizabeth Royer, do your records show them being members of a Dunker congregation? Would their marriage by a Dunker elder indicate membership, or could anyone be married by an elder? Then, regarding John Shero(w) and Susanna Young, do you believe they were Dunker Brethren? They did move to Fulton County, IN in the 1840s and I have not found any evidence that they were affiliated with Dunker's (or any other church). If folks were part of a church in Miami County, OH, would it be unusual for them to be married by a justice of the peace? Is this indicative of them not being part of a congregation? Elizabeth Shero to John Shero, NE quarter section 35, town 7, range 4 [Union Township], 160 acres on 20 Jun 1833. Book 13, p.537 John & Susannah Sherow sold same to David Kinsey, 20 Mar 1841. Book 28, p. 166. This tract along the north faces Frederick-Garland Road, a half mile east of Ohio State Route 721 & a half mile west of Shiloh Road. Elizabeth Sherro to John Sherro, section 35, town 7, range 5 [Concord Township], 10 Feb 1841. Book 19, p. 50. No recorded deed prior to 1863 selling this tract. The section is bound on the west by Forest Hill, north by Fenner and south by Horseshoe Bend Roads. No deeds recorded for Elizabeth acquiring these tracts. Miami County Recorder Office, 201 W. Main St, Troy OH 45373. How unusual is it for there to be no record of how Elizabeth came to own land in Miami County, OH? I did check BLM records and found John Peck as grantee for 35-007N-004E in Concorde Twp. E 1/2, NW 1/4. I am exploring a possible connection between the Peck family, and the Sherow's. After John Sherow's death in Fulton County, IN, Susannah remarried to a William Peck. RE: Elizabeth Sherow - I believe she is likely the daughter of Philip & Catherine Weikle (Weigle, Weckle etc.) of Augusta County, VA. Augusta County VA shows a marriage record for John Sherror to Elizabeth Weckle in 1805, by Presbyterian minister, Benjamin Irvin. Another marriage record in Augusta Co, VA shows Samuel Andrew m. Margaret Weigle. This Margaret is believed to be a daughter of Philip and Catherine Weikle of Augusta Co., VA. Other children of Philip & Catherine's children include: George (m. Catharine Harmon), Frederick (m. Mary Rape @ Preble Co, OH), and Mary, (m. Henry Harmon). Samuel Andrew and Margaret Weikle Andrew show up in Montgomery County, OH census records in 1820 - Jackson Twp., 1830 - Clay Twp., and 1850 - Clay Twp. In the 1850 census, Elizabeth SherNow is enumerated in the Samuel Andrew household, Clay Twp, Montgomery Co, OH. This supports Elizabeth and Margaret being sisters. Other researchers believe the Weickle's, Andrew's and Sherow's came from VA to OH about 1810. RE: Elizabeth (Weikle) Sherow, I believe her husband, John (sr), had died before 1830, when she is enumerated in a household alone, in Miami County, Union Twp. I have not found a listing for the John / Elizabeth Sherowhousehold in 1820 that I am confident is for this family. I also find no 1840 listing. How unusual would it be for her to own land, as a widow? It seems unusual to me that she would have remained unmarried. What are possible explanations for how she came to own this land? Is it unusual for this group of people to have migrated and then not lived in very close proximity to each other once they got to OH? I know there was also a Shearer family living in Miami County, Union Twp. during the same time frame the Sherows were there. I think a connection is unlikely because the Sherow name continued to be spelled with an "OW" sound at the end. The families also used distinctively different names for their children. If John Sherow (sr) died while his son John was young, would young John have been apprenticed somewhere? In Miami county, was this done by the courts, or by family arrangement? I do not find a census listing for John as a head of household in 1830, and he did not marry until 1831. Yet, Elizabeth (his mother) is living alone in Union Twp. Widower Philip Young age 60 born in PA, single daughter Mary 33 born in OH and his sister Mary Wisner 50 born in VA, widow of Jacob were enumerated together in Union Township in 1850, but owned no land. Judging from his neighbors, he lived very close to the Shero tract. This would place him in the Georgetown Dunker congregation, which was then a preaching point of Elder Philip Younce of the Brush Creek church. In the 1900, A Biographical History of Darke County, OH, pp 494-499 is a biographical sketch of Phillip & Elizabeth (Royer) Young's great grandson, Calvin M. Young which gives very detailed information on the family, including naming Susan wife of John Sherow. Some of Philip's children relocated in the early 1840's to Fulton County IN, where he died about 1866. I would be very interested in birth and death dates for John & Susannah. John Sherow was born 1809-1810. He died in Fulton County, IN July 24, 1853. I have found no probate record. He is buried in Reichter Cemetery, Fulton County, IN. I have personally visited this cemetery. John and Susannah Sherow had 13-14 children. I have information on some of them. Sadly, there was a very high incidence of divorce in their children's marriages. Please let me know if you are interested in these marriages and I can dig out some of those records. After John Sherow's death, Susannah Young Sherow remarried William Peck. She died in 1876 and is buried in Reichter Cemetery, with John. Her grave marker reads Susanna Sherow, not Peck. I believe Susannah was born about 1812, but don't have primary documentation for the date. I also don't have the marriage record for Susanna and William Peck. I live in Miami County OH. Our court house houses nearly all of the county records which are easily accessable. Joe Bosserman's Miami Valley Genealogical Index does list all of the probate records, both wills and intestates. If a name is not found there, that means no papers were ever filed in the county for the deceased. These are kept in Probate Court with the same address as the Recorder's Office. Thank you for the wonderful information! I wish I didn't live so far from OH! Melanie On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:00 PM, <ghoneyman@woh.rr.com> wrote: > Melanie, > > Philip Young & Elizabeth Royer were wed 2 Feb 1812 in Montgomery County OH > by Dunker Elder David Ulrich of the Wolf Creek church. Book A-1, p. 34. > Susanna Young and John Shero were wed 26 Jul 1831 in Montgomery County OH > by John Waitman, a Justice of the Peace for Clay Township. Book B-1, p. 55. > Montgomery County Ohio Records Center & Archives, 117 So. Main St, 6th > floor, Dayton OH 45422. > > Elizabeth Shero to John Shero, NE quarter section 35, town 7, range 4 > [Union Township], 160 acres on 20 Jun 1833. Book 13, p.537 > John & Susannah Sherow sold same to David Kinsey, 20 Mar 1841. Book 28, p. > 166. This tract along the north faces Frederick-Garland Road, a half mile > east of Ohio State Route 721 & a half mile west of Shiloh Road. > Elizabeth Sherro to John Sherro, section 35, town 7, range 5 [Concord > Township], 10 Feb 1841. Book 19, p. 50. No recorded deed prior to 1863 > selling this tract. The section is bound on the west by Forest Hill, north > by Fenner and south by Horseshoe Bend Roads. > No deeds recorded for Elizabeth acquiring these tracts. Miami County > Recorder Office, 201 W. Main St, Troy OH 45373. > > Widower Philip Young age 60 born in PA, single daughter Mary 33 born in OH > and his sister Mary Wisner 50 born in VA, widow of Jacob were enumerated > together in Union Township in 1850, but owned no land. Judging from his > neighbors, he lived very close to the Shero tract. This would place him in > the Georgetown Dunker congregation, which was then a preaching point of > Elder Philip Younce of the Brush Creek church. > > In the 1900, A Biographical History of Darke County, OH, pp 494-499 is a > biographical sketch of Phillip & Elizabeth (Royer) Young's great grandson, > Calvin M. Young which gives very detailed information on the family, > including naming Susan wife of John Sherow. > > Some of Philip's children relocated in the early 1840's to Fulton County > IN, where he died about 1866. I would be very interested in birth and death > dates for John & Susannah. > > I live in Miami County OH. Our court house houses nearly all of the county > records which are easily accessable. Joe Bosserman's Miami Valley > Genealogical Index does list all of the probate records, both wills and > intestates. If a name is not found there, that means no papers were ever > filed in the county for the deceased. These are kept in Probate Court with > the same address as the Recorder's Office. > > Gale >