Recent trip to Warren & Clinton Counties, Ohio, resulted in the following being gleaned about a Samuel KYGER who had owned 280 acres ofland in Clinton Co, INDIANA in the 1840's. This same Samuel returned to Ohio and bought, from Edward G. Potts and Abigail his wife, 73.25 acres in Section 1 of Clear Creek Twp, Warren County, Ohio, on 26 June 1847. This Samuel KYGER died in Warren Co, OH 2 Dec 1848. Administrators of the estate were Peter KYGER and Jacob Tresslar. Surviving widow was Eve KYGER. Heirs: Sons, Peter, James, Ira, Henry C., Mordecai and daughters Easter & Sabina. All but Peter were minors. In the settlement of the estate, we see that land was held in Clinton Co, IN until at least mid-1852 as follows, all in township 22, Clinton Co, IN: SE 1/4 Sec. 26, Range 2 West, 160 acres; E SW 1/4 Sec 26, Range 2 West, 80 acres; NW SW 1/4 Sec. 10, township 22, Range 1 West, 40 acres. Additionally, land which he bought in Warren Co, Ohio, in 1847 was still held in Warren Co, OH, the "E 1/2" Sec. 1, Town 2, Range 5, 76.25 acres. Frederick OLDFATHER was appointed legal guardians of Samuel's minor children. Margaret OLDFATHER provided care for Samuel during his 41-day illness. Samuel was also a merchant of some sort; Tresslar the administrator made 3 trips to Indiana to the A. C. & C. PENCE Co. to settle an account. PENCE's are found to have intermarried with KYGER's, I understand. He also journeyed to Cincinnati to "settle, adjust and receive a claim on Evans & Swift". Finally, in the 1840 Clinton Co, Chester Twp, OH census is a Samuel KIGER (page 321) as follows: MALES: 1-0-1-1-0-0-1; FEMALES: 0-1-1-1-2-0-0. That would make Samuel 40-50 years old, or born between 1800-1810. Is it probable that Samuel in the 1840 OHIO census is the same Samuel who owned land in Indiana and who returned to Ohio, to die a year and a half after he returned? Does any of this ring any bells for anyone? What happened to the Indiana land? I plan to pursue the land transactions when I can get up to Clinton County, IN, later this year. Dick Andis-Greencastle, IN <randis@madison.tdsnet.com>